Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

• “certificate of conformity” means the certificate referred to in Article 8 of the Framework Directive except that in relation to the electrical equipment designed for work underground in mines susceptible to firedamp it means the certificate referred to in Article 8 of the Gassy Mines Directive;

• “electrical equipment” means any constituent part of an electrical installation or any other electrical device to which the Framework Directive or the Gassy Mines Directive applies;

• “the First Specific Directive” means Council Directive No.79/196/EEC^f1 concerning electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres employing certain types of protection, as adapted to technical progress by Commission Directives No.84/47/EEC^f2 and 88/571/EEC^f3;

• “the Framework Directive” means Council Directive No.76/117/EEC^f4 concerning electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres;

• “the Gassy Mines Directive” means Council directive No.82/130/EEC^f5 concerning electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in mines susceptible to firedamp, as adapted to technical progress by Commission Directive No.88/35/EEC^f6;

• “harmonised standards” means the standards specified in Annex 1 of the First Specific Directive except that in relation to the electrical equipment designed for work underground in mines susceptible to firedamp it means the standards specified in Annex A (amended in accordance with Annex B) to the Gassy Mines Directive;

• “certification body” means a body appointed for the purposes of regulation 3(1);

• “inspection certificate” means the certificate referred to in Article 9 of the Framework Directive except that in relation to the electrical equipment designed for work underground in mines susceptible to firedamp it means the certificate referred to in Article 9 of the Gassy Mines Directive.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to—