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Regulation 2 Interpretation

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(1)

In these Regulations, except so far as the contrary is provided or the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them:

  • “ignition apparatus” means equipment assembled for the purpose of providing and conveying electrical energy for igniting gas or vapour in an internal combustion engine;

  • “suppressor” means a piece of equipment designed to reduce the field-strength of the electro-magnetic energy radiated from the apparatus to which it is fitted when that apparatus is being used, and references to “suppressors” include references to a single suppressor;

  • “the British Islands” means the area comprised by the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man;

  • “megahertz (MHz)” has the same meaning as megacycles per second, i.e. one million cycles per second;

and other expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949.

(2)

The Interpretation Act 1889 applies to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.