Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

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

• “the Framework Directive” means the Council Directive No. 76/767/EEC^f1 concerning the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to common provisions for pressure vessels and methods of inspecting them;

• “pressure vessel” means any fixed or moveable vessel or receptacle in which a pressure of more than 0.5 bar above atmospheric pressure on a fluid (gas, steam or liquid) may obtain or develop except—

  1. (a)

     any vessel specially designed for nuclear use, failure of which can cause an emission of radioactivity;

  2. (b)

     any vessel specifically intended for installation on, or for the propulsion of, ships or aircraft; and

  3. (c)

     any pipeline or pipeworks;

  “Separate Directives” means Council Directives No. 84/525/EEC^f2, No. 84/526/EEC^f3 and No. 84/527/EEC^f4 concerning the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to seamless steel gas cylinders, seamless unalloyed aluminium and aluminium alloy gas cylinders, and welded unalloyed steel gas cylinders respectively; and any reference in these Regulations to the relevant Separate Directive is a reference to the Separate Directive which relates to the type of gas cylinder concerned.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to—