Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires—

• “certificate ” means, in respect of a tractor, a type approval certificate and in respect of a tractor component, a component type approval certificate issued for the purposes of a Community Directive;

• “Community Directive ” means a Directive issued by the Council or Commission of the European Communities concerning the approximation of the laws of member States relating to the type approval of tractors or tractor components, being a Directive specified in column 2 of Part B of Schedule 1;

• “examination ” means an examination, comprising one or more tests of the subject matter specified in column 3 of Part B of Schedule 1, which is required to be carried out for the purposes of the 1988 Regulations;

• “official testing station ” means premises established or approved by the Secretary of State for the testing of tractors or tractor components for the purposes of a Community Directive;

• “the 1988 Regulations ” means the Agricultural or Forestry Tractors and Tractor Components (Type Approval) Regulations 1988^f1; and

• “tractor ” and “tractor component ” mean, respectively, an agricultural or forestry tractor and a tractor component to which the 1988 Regulations apply.

Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the regulation