# Pipelines Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

In these Regulations—
“dangerous fluid” has the meaning given by regulation 18(2);
“the Department” means the Department of Economic Development;
“emergency shut-down valve” means a valve which is capable of adequately blocking the flow of fluid within the pipeline at the point at which it is incorporated;
“fluid” includes a mixture of fluids;
“major accident” means death or serious injury involving a dangerous fluid;
“major accident hazard pipeline” has the meaning given by regulation 18(1);
“operator”, in relation to a pipeline, means—
(a) the person who is to have or (once fluid is conveyed) has control over the conveyance of fluid in the pipeline;
(b) until that person is known (should there be a case where at a material time he is not yet known) the person who is to commission or (where commissioning has started) commissions the design and construction of the pipeline;
(c) when a pipeline is no longer, or is not for the time being, used, the person last having control over the conveyance of fluid in it;
“pipeline” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3;
“territorial waters” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (Management and Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/193/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pipelines-safety-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-2
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