# The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–
“use” in relation to work equipment means any activity involving work equipment and includes starting, stopping, programming, setting, transporting, repairing, modifying, maintaining, servicing and cleaning, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“work equipment” means any machinery, appliance, apparatus or tool and any assembly of components which, in order to achieve a common end, are arranged and controlled so that they function as a whole.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to–
(a) a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule in these Regulations so numbered; and
(b) a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in theregulation in which the reference appears.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2932/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/provision-and-use-of-work-equipment-regulations-1992/regulation-2
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