# The Cableway Installations Regulations 2018, Regulation 3: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the 1974 Act” means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 ;
“the 1978 Order” means the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 ;
“RAMS” means Regulation (EC) 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/935 ;
“Regulation 2016/424/EU” means Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and repealing Directive 2000/9/EC ;
“approved body” means a conformity assessment body—
(a)which has been approved by the Secretary of State under Article 22 of Regulation 2016/424/EU; or
(b)which was a notified body under these Regulations immediately before IP completion day;
“authorised cableway installation” means a cableway installation which has been given a stage 1 or stage 2 authorisation or both;
“cableway installation” has the meaning given by Article 3(1) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;
“cableway installation documentation” means the documentation concerning the characteristics of the cableway installation referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;
“conformity assessment body” has the meaning given by Article 3(23) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;
“declaration of conformity” means the declaration of conformity referred to in Article 19 of Regulation 2016/424/EU;
“distributor” has the meaning given by Article 3(16) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;
“economic operator” has the meaning given by Article 3(17) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;
“entry into service” has the meaning given by Article 3(12) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;
“essential requirements” means the essential requirements set out in Annex II to Regulation 2016/424/EU and required to be met under Article 6 of that Regulation;
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“the Executive” means—
(a)in Great Britain, the Health and Safety Executive ; and
(b)in Northern Ireland, the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland ;
“importer” has the meaning given by Article 3(15) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;
“main contractor” means a person who:
(a)commissions the construction or modification of a cableway installation; or
(b)constructs or modifies a cableway installation which that person intends to put into service;
“manufacturer” has the meaning given by Article 3(13) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;
“modification” means any work in relation to a cableway installation (including any work in relation to the characteristics, subsystems or safety components of such installation) which could materially affect the capability, capacity or safety of the cableway installation;
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“operator” in relation to a cableway installation means a person who, for the time being has, or is intending to have, management of that installation;
“Regulatory Provisions” means these Regulations, Regulation 2016/424/EU and RAMS;
“safe” in relation to a cableway installation, or a subsystem and safety component incorporated or to be incorporated into a cableway installation, means that it is not liable to endanger the health or safety of persons or property, when properly installed, maintained and operated in accordance with its intended purpose;
“safety analysis” means the safety analysis required to be carried out under Article 8 of Regulation 2016/424/EU;
“safety component” has the meaning given by Article 3(4) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;
“safety report” means the report setting out the results of the safety analysis required under Article 8(5) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;
“stage 1 authorisation” means an authorisation of work for the construction or modification of a cableway installation given by the Secretary of State under regulation 8(1);
“stage 2 authorisation” means an authorisation for the putting into service of a cableway installation given by the Secretary of State under regulation 8(3);
“subsystem” has the meaning given by Article 3(2) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;
“technical file” means a file relating to a cableway installation which contains the safety report, the declaration of conformity and other documents relating to the conformity of subsystems and safety components as well as the documentation concerning the characteristics of the cableway installation as referred to in Article 9(2) of Regulation 2016/424/EU;
“writing” includes any text transmitted using electronic communications that is received, or accessible by the person to whom it is sent, in legible form.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/816/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cableway-installations-regulations-2018/regulation-3
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