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Regulation 2 Interpretation

(1)

In these Regulations—

(a)

“the Air Conditioners Directive” means Commission Directive 2002/31/EC M1 implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household air-conditioners;

(b)

“the Parent Directive” means Council Directive 92/75/EEC M2 on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by household appliances; and

(c)

“the Directives” means the Air Conditioners Directive and the Parent Directive.

(2)

In these Regulations, expressions used which are also used in the Directives have the same meaning as in the Directives and—

  • “communication”, as a means by way of which appliances are offered for sale, means a printed or written communication or other means whereby the potential customer cannot be expected to see the appliance displayed, such as a written offer, a mail order catalogue, advertisements on the Internet or other electronic media;

  • “the Community” means (except in the title of the Council Regulation referred to in the definition of “Community language”) the European Community M3;

  • “Community language” has the meaning given by Council Regulation 1958/1/EEC determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community M4;

  • “dealer” means a retailer or other person who offers for sale, displays or sells regulated household air conditioners to end-users;

  • “enforcement authority” means—

    1. (a)

      in England and Wales and Scotland, a local weights and measures authority within the meaning of section 69 (local weights and measures authorities) of the Weights and Measures Act 1985 M5; and

    2. (b)

      in Northern Ireland, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment;

  • “the harmonised standards” means EN 255 - 1 M6 and EN 814 - 1 M7;

  • “information notice” means a standard table of information relating to a regulated household air conditioner;

  • “label” means a label relating to a regulated household air conditioner which contains information on its consumption of energy (whether or not it also contains other information);

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

  • “regulated household air conditioner” has the meaning given by regulation 3(5);

  • “sale” includes hire and hire-purchase and related expressions shall be construed accordingly; and

  • “supplier” means the manufacturer of a regulated household air conditioner or his authorised representative in the Community or the person who places the regulated household air conditioner on the Community market.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1

OJ No. L86, 3.4.2002, p. 86.

M2

OJ No. L297, 13.10.1992, p. 16.

M3

The parent Directive was extended to the European Economic Area by EEA Joint Committee Decision No 7/94 of 21.3.94 (OJ No. L160, 28.6.1994, p. 1); the Air Conditioners Directive, though a text with EEA relevance, has not at the date of making these Regulations been so extended.

M4

OJ No. B017, 6.10.1958, p. 385, as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland (OJ No. C241, 29.8.1994, p. 21).

M5

1985 c. 72, as amended by paragraph 144 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39).

M6

European standard EN 255-1 of February 1997 entitled “Air conditioners, liquid chilling packages and heat pumps with electrically driven compressors - Heating mode—Part 1: Terms, definitions and designations”, which is transposed in the United Kingdom by British Standard BS EN 255-1:1997 of the same title published by the British Standards Institution on 15th August 1997.

M7

European standard EN 814-1 of February 1997 entitled “Air conditioners and heat pumps with electrically driven compressors—Cooling mode—Part 1: Terms, definitions and designations”, which is transposed in the United Kingdom by British Standard BS EN 814-1: 1997 of the same title published by the British Standards Institution on 15th July 1997.