# The Notification of Installations Handling Hazardous Substances Regulations 1982, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) 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—
(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;
(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—
(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
(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.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to—
(a) a numbered Regulation or Schedule is a reference to the Regulation of or Schedule to these Regulations so numbered; and
(b) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in the Regulation or Schedule in which that reference appears.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/1357/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/notification-of-installations-handling-hazardous-substances-regulations-1982/regulation-2
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