The Gas Cooking Appliances (Safety) Regulations 1989

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–

“appliance” means any equipment which is designed or suitable for domestic use in a dwelling, ship or caravan and is designed for cooking by means of the burning of gas, whether or not the equipment has other functions as well and whether it is designed to rest directly on the floor or on a table or other raised surface or to be fixed to a wall or other upright structure or supported by any other equipment, but does not include any equipment which is designed for use out-of-doors or in a tent;

“flame supervision device” means a device including a sensing element which causes the gas supply to a burner to be opened or closed according to the presence or absence of the flame which activates the sensing element;

“gas” includes liquefied petroleum gas;

“gas supply pressure” means the difference between the static pressure measured at the inlet connection of the appliance and the atmospheric pressure;

“hot-plate” means an appliance comprising one or more burners and designed to support cooking vessels;

“oven” means a closed compartment comprised in an appliance designed for roasting and baking food;

“oven drop door” means a door with a horizontal axis of rotation about its lower edge;

“pan support” means a support placed above a hot-plate burner which keeps the cooking vessel being heated at a set distance from the burner;

“shut-down lid” means a lid designed to be shut down over a hot-plate;

“supply” includes offering and agreeing to supply and exposing and possessing for supply, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.

“tap” means a device designed to isolate a burner from the gas supply to it and, if applicable, to adjust its rate during use;

“tap handle” means a manually operated device used to open or close a tap.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations an appliance shall be treated as being in normal use when it has been properly assembled, installed and maintained, connected to a supply of gas for which it was designed and, if in operation, is being operated with proper care, having regard in particular to any instructions and warnings supplied with the appliance.

(3) In these Regulations–

(a) where any standard is mentioned in these Regulations, that reference is a reference to that standard as it has effect on the date on which these Regulations are made (including any amendment or revision made or taking effect on or before that date), provided that where any such standard has been amended or revised after that date and the amendment or revision has been approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 6 below that reference is to be construed at any time after the amendment or revision as a reference to that standard as so amended or revised;

(b) where any standard mentioned in these Regulations specifies relevant requirements by reference to another standard, that reference is to be construed as a reference to that other standard as it has effect on the date on which these Regulations are made (including any amendment or revision to that other standard made or taking effect on or before that date), provided that where any such other standard has been amended or revised after that date and the amendment or revision has been approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 6 below, that reference is to be construed at any time after the amendment or revision as a reference to that other standard as so amended or revised; and

(c) any reference to a British Standard of a particular number published to come into effect on a particular date is a reference to the British Standard Specification of that number published by the British Standards Institution to come into effect on the date in question.