{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-refilling-of-air-conditioning-systems-by-service-providers-regulations-2009/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-refilling-of-air-conditioning-systems-by-service-providers-regulations-2009/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2194",
  "legislation_title": "The Motor Vehicles (Refilling of Air Conditioning Systems by Service Providers) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motor-vehicles-refilling-of-air-conditioning-systems-by-service-providers-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations––\n“air conditioning system” means any system whose main purpose is to decrease the air temperature and humidity of the passenger compartment of a vehicle and which is fitted to a vehicle of a category to which Directive 2006/40/EC applies by virtue of Article 2 of that Directive;\n“enforcement authority” means the Secretary of State or a local authority;\n“local authority” means—\n(a) in England, a city, borough, county or district council;\n(b) the Common Council of the City of London;\n(c) the Council of the Scilly Isles;\n(d) in Wales, a city, county or borough council;\n(e) in Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994; or\n(f) in Northern Ireland, a city, district or borough council; and\n“officer” means any officer authorised by an enforcement authority to assist it in enforcing these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Directive 2006/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 relating to emissions from air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles (OJ No. L161, 14.6.2006 p.12) and amending council Directive 70/156/EEC (OJ No. L42, 23.02.1970, p.1 as lasted amended by OJ No. L161, 22.6.2007, p.60)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1994 c.39."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2194/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:06:54.608767+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."
}