Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• F1“mine” means a mine within the meaning of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954;

• F2“disabled person” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;

• “new workplace” means a workplace used for the first time as a workplace after31st December 1992;

• “public road” means (in England and Wales) a highway maintainable at public expense within the meaning of section 329 of the Highways Act 1980^f1 and (in Scotland) a public road within the meaning assigned to that term by section 151 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984^f2;

• F3“quarry” means a quarry within the meaning of the Quarries Regulations 1999;

• “traffic route” means a route for pedestrian traffic, vehicles or both and includes any stairs, staircase, fixed ladder, doorway, gateway, loading bay or ramp;

• “workplace” means, subject to paragraph (2), any premises or part of premises which are not domestic premises and are made available to any person as a place of work, and includes—

  1. (a)

     any place within the premises to which such person has access while at work; and

  2. (b)

     any room, lobby, corridor, staircase, road or other place used as a means of access to or egress from that place of work or where facilities are provided for use in connection with the place of work other than a public road.

• F4...

Any reference in these Regulations, except in paragraph (1), to a modification, an extension or a conversion is a reference, as the case may be, to a modification, an extension or a conversion of a workplace started after 31st December 1992.

Any requirement that anything done or provided in pursuance of these Regulations shall be suitable shall be construed to include a requirement that it is suitable for any person in respect of whom such thing is so done or provided.

Any reference in these Regulations to—