The Notification of Installations Handling Hazardous Substances Regulations 1982

Interpretation

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

“the Executive” means the Health and Safety Executive;

“installation” means a site or pipe–line for which a notification is required under Regulation 3(1);

“hazardous substance” means a substance specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations or substances of any class specified in column 1 of Part II of that Schedule;

“notifiable quantity” means—

(a)

in the case of a substance specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1, the quantity of that substance specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part;

(b)

in the case of substances of a class specified in column 1 of Part II of that Schedule, the total quantity of all substances of that class specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part;

and in either case the quantity shall be determined in accordance with Regulation 3(2);

“site” means—

(a)

the whole of an area of land under the control of a person and includes a pier, jetty or similar structure whether floating or not; or

(b)

a structure, whether floating or not, which is within the inland waters of Great Britain and which is under the control of a person.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to—

(a) a numbered Regulation or Schedule is a reference to the Regulation of or Schedule to these Regulations so numbered; and

(b) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the Regulation or Schedule in which that reference appears.