adequatemeans, in relation to waste reception facilities for prescribed waste from ships, adequate to receive prescribed waste from ships using the harbour or terminal in question without causing undue delay to, and according to the needs of, those ships;
garbagemeans all kinds of victual, domestic and operational waste excluding fresh fish and parts thereof, generated during the normal operation of the ship and liable to be disposed of continuously or periodically except sewage originating from ships;
harmful substances in packaged formmeans those substances which are identified as marine pollutants in the IMDG Code and which are in the form of containment specified in the schedules of that Code;
Merchant Shipping Noticemeans a Notice described as such and issued by the Secretary of State;
operational wastemeans all maintenance wastes, cargo associated wastes and cargo residues except residues or wastes from oil or oily mixtures, noxious liquid substances, non-polluting liquid substances or harmful substances in packaged form;
prescribed wastesmeans any waste of the following descriptions: (a) garbage;
the IMDG Codemeans the 1994 edition of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code published by the International Maritime Organisation, as amended from time to time by any document which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice;
the Regulationsmeans the Merchant Shipping (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 1997. 1 The Secretary of State’s approval of a waste management plan prepared by a harbour authority or terminal operator in respect of a harbour or terminal pursuant to regulation 10(2) of the Regulations. 2 The preparation of a waste management plan in respect of a harbour or terminal by the Secretary of State pursuant to regulation 11 of the Regulations.”