PART 1Introduction
Interpretation2
1
In these Regulations—
“authorised person” means a person authorised under regulation 13;
“competent” has the meaning given by regulation 4;
“controlled substances” means the substances in Annex I to the EU Regulation as amended from time to time;
“course of training” includes the training of an employee while that employee is engaged in work for which the employee is employed;
“employed” means employed under a contract of employment and “employee” and “employer” are construed accordingly;
“enforcement notice” has the meaning given by regulation 16;
“enforcing authority” means a person or body enforcing the EU Regulation under regulation 12;
“the EU Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer3;
“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;
“marine area” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1;
“relevant work” has the meaning given by regulation 5;
“offshore installation” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1; and
“work with methyl bromide” means work which involves preventing or minimising the leakage of methyl bromide from fumigation installations and operations in which methyl bromide is used.
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.