{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freight-containers-safety-convention-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freight-containers-safety-convention-regulations-2017/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/325",
  "legislation_title": "The Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/freight-containers-safety-convention-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1974 Act” means the Health and safety at Work etc. Act 1974;\n“the 1984 Regulations” means the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984;\n“the Convention” means the International Convention for Safe Containers 1972, as amended;\n“container” means an article of transport equipment, excluding a vehicle or packaging or any article of transport equipment designed solely for use in air transport, which is—\n(a) of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough for repeated use;\n(b) designed to facilitate the transport of goods by one or more modes of transport without intermediate reloading;\n(c) designed to be secured or readily handled or both, having corner fittings for these purposes; and\n(d) of a size such that the area enclosed by the outer bottom corners is either—\n(i) if the container is fitted with top corner fittings, at least 7 square metres, or\n(ii) in any other case, at least 14 square metres,\nand includes—\n(a) a container when carried on a chassis; and\n(b) a swap body that is carried by or on board a sea-going ship, and that is not mounted on a road vehicle or rail wagon;\n“corner fittings” means an arrangement of apertures and faces at either the top or the bottom or both at the top and the bottom of the container for the purposes of handling, stacking and securing or any of those purposes;\n“the Executive” means the Health and Safety Executive;\n“maintained” means maintained in an efficient state in efficient working order and in good repair;\n“maximum operating gross mass” means the maximum allowable sum of the mass of the container and its cargo;\n“safety approval plate” means a plate in the form and containing the information specified by the Schedule;\n“swap body” means a container which is specially designed for carriage by road only or by rail and road only and is without stacking capability and top lift facilities;\n“use” means use for the purpose for which the container is designed but does not include—\n(a) movement to a place for remedial action if—\n(i) so far as is reasonably practicable the movement is without risk to the safety of any person, and\n(ii) the remedial action is carried out before the container is repacked with goods;\n(b) in the case of an empty container—\n(i) transport to a place for testing to obtain approval under regulation 5; or\n(ii) delivery to its purchaser by the vendor or their agent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1984/1890."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Convention was signed at Geneva on 2nd December 1972 and ratified by the United Kingdom on 8th March 1978. It has been amended by resolution MSC.310(88) which came into force on 1st January 2012, and by resolution MSC.355 (92) which came into force on 1st July 2014; there are other amending resolutions but none is relevant. The 2014 edition (ISBN 97-801-1593-2) is published by the International Maritime Organisation."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/325/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:13:33.083219+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."
}