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.