Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, expressions used have the same meaning as in the Directive and—

• “appliance” means an appliance to which these Regulations apply by virtue of regulation 3 (application);

• “the Directive” means European Parliament and Council Directive 96/57/EC^f1;

• “EC mark”, except in relation to regulation 4(4), means a mark consisting of the symbol “CE” as described and shown in Schedule 2, and in that regulation means a mark consisting of the symbol “CE”;

• “enforcement authority” means—

  1. (a)

     in England and Wales and Scotland, a local weights and measures authority within the meaning of section 69 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 (local weights and measures authorities)^f2; and

  2. (b)

     in Northern Ireland, the Department of Economic Development;

• “enforcement action” means the instituting of proceedings (whether criminal or otherwise) for failing to observe or comply with these Regulations;

• “records” includes any books, documents, marks or symbols and any records in non-documentary form;

• “supplier” means the manufacturer of an appliance or his authorized representative in the Community or the person who places an appliance on the Community market;

• “third person” means any person other than the one against whom enforcement action may be or has been taken under these Regulations.

References in these Regulations to complying with or conforming to the requirements of these Regulations or any part thereof, in relation to acts done within the territory of a Member State other than the United Kingdom, are references to complying with or conforming to the equivalent requirements of the legislation of that State implementing the Directive, or, if there is no such legislation, of the Directive.