The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992

Interpretation

9.  In this Schedule—

“the 1974 Act” means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(1);

“the 1987 Act” means the Consumer Protection Act 1987(2);

“agriculture” includes horticulture, fruit growing, seed growing, dairy farming, livestock breeding and keeping, forestry, the use of land as grazing land, meadow land, osier land, market gardens and nursery grounds and the preparation of land for agricultural use;

“the Executive” means the Health and Safety Executive established under section 10 of the 1974 Act;

“the Order” means the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(3); and

“machinery for use at work” means machinery—

(a)

designed for use or operation, whether exclusively or not, by persons at work; or

(b)

designed for use or operation, otherwise than at work, in non-domestic premises made available to persons at a place where they may use the machinery provided for their use there, and a reference to relevant machinery for use at work shall be construed accordingly.

(1)

1974 c. 37.

(2)

1987 c. 43.

(3)

S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9).