Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

• “approved body” means a body appointed by the Secretary of State under regulation 4;

• “approved other body” means a body appointed under the law of Northern Ireland or of a member State other than the United Kingdom to carry out functions similar to those authorised to be carried out by an approved body under these Regulations;

• “certificate of conformity” means a certificate that the FOPS specified in the certificate has been manufactured in conformity with the EEC type-examination requirements;

• “construction plant” means the machines to which the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 3449—1984 (identical to British Standard 5526: 1985^f1) applies;

• “EEC inspection” means the procedure by which an approved body or an approved other body, if so requested by the approved body, checks—

  1. (a)

     whether any FOPS being manufactured conforms with the type of EEC protective structure in respect of which an EEC type-examination certificate has been issued;

  2. (b)

     whether the manufacturer actually carries out adequate conformity checks to verify on a continuous and adequate basis whether any EEC protective structure manufactured by him conforms with the type of EEC protective structure in respect of which an EEC type-examination certificate has been issued as regards materials used and the quality of workmanship; and

  3. (c)

     whether the manufacturer is fulfilling all the requirements of the Special Directive placed on him;

• “EEC mark” means the EEC mark of conformity referred to in regulation 6;

• “EEC protective structure” means a FOPS which conforms with the EEC type-examination requirements;

• “EEC type-examination certificate” means a certificate that a type of EEC protective structure conforms with the EEC type-examination requirements;

• “EEC type-examination requirements” means the technical requirements referred to in Annex 1 of the Special Directive;

• “FOPS” means falling-object protective structure for construction plant;

• “the Framework Directive” means the Directive adopted by the Council of the Communities concerning the approximation of the laws of the member States relating to common provisions for certain construction plant and equipment^f2;

• “market” means supply by way of sale, lease, hire or hire-purchase, whether as principal or agent for another; and

• “the Special Directive” means the Directive adopted by the Council of the Communities concerning the approximation of the laws of the member States relating to falling-object protective structures for certain construction plant^f3.

Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule so numbered in these Regulations.