{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-non-refillable-refrigerant-containers-regulations-1994/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-non-refillable-refrigerant-containers-regulations-1994/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/199",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Non-Refillable Refrigerant Containers) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-non-refillable-refrigerant-containers-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“authorised person” means a person authorised by—\n(i) the Secretary of State; or\n(ii) in Great Britain, any local authority; or\n(iii) in Northern Ireland, any district council (within the meaning of that term in section 1 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972),\nfor any purpose of these Regulations;\n“non-refillable refrigerant container” means a container which—\n(a) is designed not to be refillable;\n(b) contains a Schedule 1 substance or a Schedule 2 substance for the purpose of supplying it for filling or refilling air-conditioning or refrigeration machinery; and\n(c) contains that substance at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure, in the case of a container which contains a Schedule 1 substance, or greater than 3 bar at 50°C, in the case of a container which contains a Schedule 2 substance.\n(2) In the definition of “non-refillable refrigerant container” in paragraph (1)—\n“Schedule 1 substance” means a substance listed in Schedule 1 or a substance consisting of a mixture of substances which includes a substance listed in Schedule 1 but does not include a substance listed in Schedule 2;\n“Schedule 2 substance” means a substance listed in Schedule 2 or a substance consisting of a mixture of substances which includes a substance listed in Schedule 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 9 (N.I.)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/199/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:41:59.765289+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}