2 Interpretation
1 In these Regulations—
“authorised person” means a person authorised under regulation 7(4);
“competent” has the meaning given in regulation 3;
“the EU Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer;
“course of training” includes the training of an employee while that employee is engaged in work for which the employee is employed;
“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;
“employed” means employed under a contract of employment, and “employee” and “employer” shall be construed accordingly;
“the enforcing authority” means the district council, or in a case where the Department makes a direction under regulation 7(2), the Department;
“in-house qualification” means a qualification verified by a certificate of competence or other written confirmation issued by an employer to such of the employees of that employer who have successfully completed a course of training provided by that employer relating to relevant work; and
“relevant work” has the meaning given in regulation 4.
OJ No L286, 31.10.2009, p1, amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 744/2010 (OJ No L 218, 19.08.2010, p2).
2 Expressions used in these Regulations and in the EU Regulation have the same meaning in these Regulations as they have in the EU Regulation.
3 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
1954 c.33 (N.I.)
4 References in these Regulations to “controlled substances” are references to those substances in Annex I to the EU Regulation as amended from time to time.