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2.—(1) In these Regulations:
“ADR” means the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road signed at Geneva on 30th September 1957 M1, as revised or re-issued from time to time;
“aerosol” means a non-refillable vessel made of metal, glass or plastic and containing a gas which is compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure, with or without a liquid, paste or powder, and fitted with a release device allowing the contents to be ejected as solid or liquid particles in suspension in a gas, as a foam, paste or powder or in a liquid state or a gaseous state;
“approved body” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 9;
“Approved Carriage List” means the list described in regulation 4(1)(a) of the CDGCPL Regulations as revised in accordance with regulation 4(2) of those Regulations;
“bundle of cylinders” means a transportable assembly of cylinders held firmly together and interconnected by a manifold;
“the CDGCPL Regulations” means the Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) and Use of Transportable Pressure Receptacles Regulations 1996 M2;
“CE marking” means the marking referred to in regulation 16 of the Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999 M3;
“conformity assessment procedures” means the procedures set out in Schedule 3, and “conformity assessment” shall be interpreted accordingly;
“conformity marking” means the marking referred to in regulation 11 and set out in Schedule 7;
“conformity reassessment procedure” means the procedure set out in Schedule 5;
“COTIF” means the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail M4, as revised or re-issued from time to time;
“cryogenic receptacle” means a thermally insulated vessel for the transport of refrigerated liquefied gases with a capacity not exceeding 1,000 litres;
“cylinder” means a vessel with a capacity not exceeding 150 litres;
“EEC-type cylinder” means a transportable pressure vessel-
in respect of which there is an EEC Verification Certificate in force issued by an inspection body which, under the law of any member State, is authorised to grant such a certificate for the purposes of the Pressure Vessels Framework Directive and the separate Directive relating to that type of cylinder, or, in the case of a cylinder not subject to EEC verification under any of the separate Directives, which conforms to the requirements of the Pressure Vessels Framework Directive and the separate Directive relating to that type of cylinder; and
which bears all the marks and inscriptions required by the Pressure Vessels Framework Directive and the separate Directive relating to that type of cylinder;
“gas” means a gas classified as a flammable gas, a toxic gas or a non-flammable, non-toxic gas in accordance with regulation 5 of the CDGCPL Regulations;
“group” has the same meaning as in the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive;
“notified body” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 8;
“owner” means, in relation to a transportable pressure vessel-
subject to sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), the employer or the self-employed person who owns it (other than a person who buys it solely to use the gas therein before selling it back to the supplier);
subject to sub-paragraph (c), in the case of a lease, the lessee; or
where the person referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) does not have a place of business in Great Britain-
the agent of that person in Great Britain, or
if there is no such agent, the user;
“periodic inspection procedures” means the procedures set out in Schedule 6, and “periodic inspection” shall be interpreted accordingly;
“placing on the market” means supplying a transportable pressure vessel, or making it available to another person in the Communities and includes importation of such a vessel, and related expressions shall be interpreted accordingly;
“Pressure Vessels Framework Directive” means Council Directive 76/767/EEC of 27 July 1976 M5, concerning the approximation of laws of the member States relating to common provision for pressure vessels and methods for inspecting them;
“reassessment of conformity” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 6;
“RID” means the Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail which form Annex 1 to Appendix B to COTIF;
“separate Directives” means Council Directives 84/525/EEC of 17 September 1984, 84/526/EEC of 17 September 1984 and 84/527/EEC of 17 September 1984 M6 concerning the approximation of laws of the member States relating to seamless steel gas cylinders, seamless unalloyed aluminium and aluminium alloy gas cylinders, and welded unalloyed steel gas cylinders, respectively;
“transport” means transport by road or on a railway, in each case on a vehicle;
“the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive” means Council Directive 1999/36/EC of 29 April 1999 M7, concerning the approximation of laws of the member States relating to common provision for transportable pressure equipment and methods for inspection;
“transportable pressure vessel” means a cylinder, tube or cryogenic receptacle, including-
any valve or other accessory fitted to the vessel and having a direct safety function; and
any permanent fitting of such a vessel,
which is used or intended to be used for the storage or transport of a gas, UN 1051 STABILISED HYDROGEN CYANIDE, UN 1052 ANHYDROUS HYDROGEN FLUORIDE or UN 1790 HYDROFLUORIC ACID, solution, with more than 85% hydrofluoric acid, but does not include a bundle of cylinders or an aerosol;
“tube” means a seamless vessel with a capacity greater than 150 litres but not more than 5,000 litres;
“UN number” means United Nations Serial Number, that is to say, one of the four digit numbers devised by the United Nations and specified in the Approved Carriage List as a means of identification for dangerous goods, and any reference to the letters “UN” followed by a number, in relation to certain dangerous goods, means the particular UN number for those goods specified in the Approved Carriage List;
“vehicle” means a conveyance which is used for transporting transportable pressure vessels by road or on a railway.
(2) In these Regulations, the words “used at work”, when referring to a transportable pressure vessel, include the filling, emptying, refilling, storage and transport of that vessel at work and an intention to conduct any of those activities, and related expressions shall be interpreted accordingly.
(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to-
(a)a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered;
(b)a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the regulation or Schedule in which that reference appears; and
(c)a lettered sub-paragraph is a reference to the sub-paragraph so lettered in the paragraph in which that reference appears.
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