The Health and Safety Licensing Appeals (Hearings Procedure) (Scotland) Rules 1974

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Rules—

the 1974 Act” means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;

appeal” means an appeal under section 44(1) of the 1974 Act;

appellant” means a person who has brought an appeal;

appointed person” means the person appointed by the Secretary of State to hold the hearing and, when so directed by the Secretary of State, to determine the appeal;

hearing” means a hearing to which these Rules apply; “licensing authority” means the authority against whose decision the appeal is brought;

the parties” means the appellant and the licensing authority;

the site” means the site to which the licence which is the subject of the appeal relates or would, if issued, relate.

(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these Rules as it applies to the interpretaion of an Act of Parliament.