Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations except where the context otherwise requires—

• “approved body” means a body approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 6;

• “clinical thermometer” means a thermometer to which these Regulations apply in accordance with regulation 3;

• “the Directive” means Council Directive No. 76/764/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member States on clinical mercury–in–glass, maximum reading thermometers^f1, as amended by Council Directive No. 83/128/EEC^f2 and Commission Directive No. 84/414/EEC^f3;

• “inspector” means a person authorised in writing by the Secretary of State to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations;

• “the 1988 Regulations” means the Measuring Instruments (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1988^f4;

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.