# The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 2013, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Order—
“the 1974 Act” means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;
“activity” includes, unless the context otherwise requires, a diving project and standing a vessel by;
“designated area” means any area designated by order under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 and “within a designated area” includes over and under it;
“diving project” has the same meaning as it has in the Diving at Work Regulations 1997 save that it includes an activity in which a person takes part as a diver wearing an atmospheric pressure suit and without breathing in air or other gas at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure;
“gas importation and storage zone” has the meaning given by section 1(5) of the Energy Act 2008 and “within a gas importation and storage zone” includes over and under it;
“offshore installation” has the meaning given in article 4(2) and (3) of this Order;
“the prescribed provisions of the 1974 Act” means sections 1 to 59 and 80 to 82 of the 1974 Act;
“supplementary unit” means a fixed or floating structure, other than a vessel, for providing energy, information or substances to an offshore installation;
“territorial sea” means the territorial sea adjacent to Great Britain and “within the territorial sea” includes on, over and under it; and
“vessel” includes a hovercraft and any floating structure which is capable of being navigated.
(2) For the purposes of this Order, any structures and devices on top of a well are treated as forming part of the well.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/240/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-at-work-etc-act-1974-application-outside-great-britain-order-2013/article-2
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