The Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977

Interpretation U.K.

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the 1974 Act” means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 as amended by the 1975 Act;

“the 1975 Act” means the Employment Protection Act 1975;

“employee” has the meaning assigned by section 53(1) of the 1974 Act and “employer” shall be construed accordingly;

“recognised trade union” F1 ... means an independent trade union as defined in section 30(1) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 which the employer concerned recognises for the purpose of negotiations relating to or connected with one or more of the matters specified in section 29(1) of that Act in relation to persons employed by him or as to which the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service has made a recommendation for recognition under the 1975 Act which is operative within the meaning of section 15 of that Act;

[F2 “relevant nuclear provisions” means—

(a)

sections 1, [F3 3 to 5, 6 (so far as it relates to sites in respect of which nuclear site licences have been granted)], 22 and 24A of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965;

(b)

to the extent they are treated as nuclear regulations, the provisions of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009;

(c)

the provisions of the Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003;

(d)

the provisions of nuclear regulations other than any provision of such regulations identified in accordance with section 74(9) of the Energy Act 2013 as made for the nuclear safeguards purposes;]

[F2 “relevant nuclear site” means a site which is—

(a)

a GB nuclear site (within the meaning given in section 68 of the Energy Act 2013);

(b)

an authorised defence site (within the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998); or

(c)

a new nuclear build site (within the meaning given in regulation 2A of those Regulations);]

“safety representative” means a person appointed under Regulation 3(1) of these Regulations to be a safety representative;

“welfare at work” means those aspects of welfare at work which are the subject of health and safety regulations or of any of the existing statutory provisions within the meaning of section 53(1) of the 1974 Act;

“workplace” in relation to a safety representative means any place or places where the group or groups of employees he is appointed to represent are likely to work or which they are likely to frequent in the course of their employment or incidentally to it.

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

(3) These Regulations shall not be construed as giving any person a right to inspect any place, article, substance or document which is the subject of restrictions on the grounds of national security unless he satisfies any test or requirement imposed on those grounds by or on behalf of the Crown.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) revoked (1.4.2006) by virtue of The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Consequential and Supplementary Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/594), art. 1, Sch. para. 3(2)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 31 (with Sch. 4)

F3 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/562), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 5 (with art. 40)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in operation on 1.10.1978, see reg. 1