The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2005

means a communication transmitted— (a) by means of an electronic communications network;

means the direct or indirect release of substances from individual or diffuse sources into the air or into relevant waters;

means an exemption granted by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 23 of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971, being an exemption which is in force on the day before the day on which these Regulations come into force;

has the same meaning as in section 44 of the Petroleum Act 1998;

means any liquid hydrocarbon or substitute liquid hydrocarbon, including dissolved or dispersed hydrocarbons or substitute hydrocarbons that are not normally found in the liquid phase at standard temperature and pressure, whether obtained from plants or animals, or mineral deposits or by synthesis;

means any person who operates an offshore installation;

means the holder from time to time of a permit granted under these Regulations;

means the introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into relevant waters which results, or is likely to result, in hazards to human health, harm to living resources and marine ecosystems, damage to amenities or interference with other legitimate uses of the sea;

has the same meaning as in section 44 of the Petroleum Act 1998 save that it— (a) does not include Scottish controlled waters;

means any waters which are controlled waters within the meaning of section 30A(1) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974.

means—

includes an application, a permit, information, data, evidence, a representation or a notice under these Regulations or a copy thereof.