# The Special Procedure Licences (Wales) Regulations 2024, Paragraph 9: Definitions


In this Schedule—
“approval certificate” (“tystysgrif gymeradwyo”) has the meaning given in section 70(1) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017;
“approved premises or vehicle” (“mangre neu gerbyd a gymeradwywyd”) means premises or a vehicle approved under section 70(1) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017, in respect of a special procedure, by the local authority;
“authorised insurer” (“yswiriwr awdurdodedig”) means, in relation to a policy of insurance, a person who may carry on in the United Kingdom the business of effecting or carrying out contracts of insurance of the sort provided under the policy of insurance;
“authorised officer” (“swyddog awdurdodedig”) has the meaning given in section 83 of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017;
“client” (“cleient”) means a person on whom a special procedure is performed;
“insurance cover” (“sicrwydd yswiriant”) means a valid policy of insurance which was issued by an authorised insurer to insure the licence holder in respect of liabilities, in respect of illness, infection, injury and other non-infectious adverse health effects (including allergic reactions), arising from the performance of a special procedure;
“licence period” (“cyfnod y drwydded”), in relation to a special procedure licence, has the meaning given in section 59(8)(a) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017;
“mandatory approval conditions” (“amodau cymeradwyo mandadol”) means the conditions to which an approval certificate is subject to;
“relevant offence” (“trosedd berthnasol”) means an offence listed in section 66(8) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017;
“sharps” (“offer miniog”) means objects or instruments which are able to cut, graze, puncture or cause injury to the skin and includes all types of needles and single use razors;
“sharps bin” (“bin offer miniog”) means a rigid, specialised container that complies with the EWC Code 20 01 99 designed to safely dispose of sharps associated with the performance of special procedures;
“special procedures work area” (“man gwaith triniaethau arbennig”) means a designated area or room used for the purpose of performing a special procedure which—
(a) must include at least—
(i) 1 workstation,
(ii) 1 wash hand basin,
(iii) 1 waste bin,
(iv) 1 sharps bin (if applicable), and
(b) may also include other facilities and equipment to support the performance of the special procedure;
“workstation” (“gweithfan”) means the part of the special procedures work area which contains—
(a) a bed, chair or similar, on which a client sits or lies on to undergo a special procedure performed by a licence holder,
(b) a chair or stool which the licence holder sits on to perform the special procedure (if applicable), and
(c) a work surface that is used for the placement and storage of the instruments and products used by the licence holder to perform the special procedure.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/1244/schedule/3/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/special-procedure-licences-wales-regulations-2024/schedule-3/paragraph-9
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