Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Executive” means the Health and Safety Executive;

• “the Framework Directive” means the Council Directive No. 76/767/EEC^f1 concerning the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to common provisions for pressure vessels and methods of inspecting them;

• “provisional fee” means the fee referred to in Regulation 5;

• “Separate Directives” means Council Directives No. 84/525/EEC^f2, No. 84/526/EEC^f3 and No. 84/527/EEC^f4 concerning the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to seamless steel gas cylinders, seamless unalloyed aluminium and aluminium alloy gas cylinders, and welded unalloyed steel gas cylinders respectively; and any reference in these Regulations to the relevant Separate Directive is a reference to the Separate Directive which relates to the type of gas cylinder concerned.

References in these Regulations to EEC pattern approval of a type of gas cylinder include references to EEC pattern approval of a family of gas cylinders, that is to say, gas cylinders from the same factory differing only in length within the following limits—

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to—