# Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, Paragraph 1: Definitions relating to gas containers


In this Schedule, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say—
“gas container” means a container fitted to a motor vehicle or a trailer and intended for the storage of gaseous fuel for the purpose of the propulsion of the vehicle or the drawing vehicle, as the case may be;
“gas cylinder” means a container fitted to a motor vehicle or a trailer and intended for the storage of compressed gas for the purpose of the propulsion of the vehicle or the drawing vehicle, as the case may be;
“compressed gas” means gaseous fuel under a pressure exceeding 1.0325 bar above atmospheric pressure;
“pipe line” means all pipes connecting a gas container—
(a) to the engine, or to the mixing device for the supply of a mixture of gas and air to the engine; and
(b) to the filling point on the vehicle;
“pressure pipe line” means any part of a pipe line intended for the conveyance of compressed gas; and
“reducing valve” means an apparatus which automatically reduces the pressure of the gas passing through it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/454/schedule/4/part/I/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule-4/part-I/paragraph-1
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