Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

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

• “installation” means a site or pipe–line for which a notification is required under Regulation 3(1);

• “hazardous substance” means a substance specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations or substances of any class specified in column 1 of Part II of that Schedule;

• “notifiable quantity” means—

  1. (a)

     in the case of a substance specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1, the quantity of that substance specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part;

  2. (b)

     in the case of substances of a class specified in column 1 of Part II of that Schedule, the total quantity of all substances of that class specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that Part;

     and in either case the quantity shall be determined in accordance with Regulation 3(2);

• “site” means—

  1. (a)

     the whole of an area of land under the control of a person and includes a pier, jetty or similar structure whether floating or not; or

  2. (b)

     a structure, whether floating or not, which is within the inland waters of Great Britain and which is under the control of a person.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to—