# The Special Procedures Approved Premises and Vehicles (Wales) Regulations 2024, Paragraph 7: Definitions


In this Schedule—
“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;
“insurance cover” (“sicrwydd yswiriant”) means a valid public liability policy of insurance issued by an authorised insurer to insure the applicant in relation to the approved premises or vehicle;
“mandatory licensing conditions” (“amodau trwyddedu mandadol”) means the conditions to which a special procedure licence is subject to;
“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 procedure licence” (“trwydded triniaeth arbennig”) has the meaning given in section 59 of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017;
“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—
(c) a bed, chair or similar, on which a client sits or lies on to undergo a special procedure performed by a licence holder,
(d) a chair or stool which the licence holder sits on to perform the special procedure (if applicable), and
(e) 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/2024/1229/schedule/4/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/special-procedures-approved-premises-and-vehicles-wales-regulations-2024/schedule-4/paragraph-7
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