Pipelines Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

• “dangerous fluid” has the meaning given by regulation 18(2);

• “the Department” means the Department of Economic Development;

• “emergency shut-down valve” means a valve which is capable of adequately blocking the flow of fluid within the pipeline at the point at which it is incorporated;

• “fluid” includes a mixture of fluids;

• “major accident” means death or serious injury involving a dangerous fluid;

• “major accident hazard pipeline” has the meaning given by regulation 18(1);

• “operator”, in relation to a pipeline, means—

  (a)

  the person who is to have or (once fluid is conveyed) has control over the conveyance of fluid in the pipeline;

  (b)

  until that person is known (should there be a case where at a material time he is not yet known) the person who is to commission or (where commissioning has started) commissions the design and construction of the pipeline;

  (c)

  when a pipeline is no longer, or is not for the time being, used, the person last having control over the conveyance of fluid in it;

• “pipeline” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3;

• “territorial waters” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(1).

(1)

S.R. 1995 No. 340 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations