appliancemeans an appliance burning gaseous fuel (that is to say, any fuel which is in a gaseous state at a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius at a pressure of 1 bar) used for cooking, heating, hot water production, refrigeration, lighting or washing and having, where applicable, a normal water temperature not exceeding 105 degrees Celsius and includes forced draught burners and heating bodies to be equipped with such burners but does not include an appliance specifically designed for use in an industrial process carried out on industrial premises;
appropriate feehas the meaning assigned to it in regulation 6;
approved typemeans a type approved by a notified body under that regulation or approved under a corresponding provision of the law of another member State.
batchmeans a number of appliances or fittings—
design documentationmeans the documentation referred to in Annex IV of the Directive which is set out in Schedule 1;
essential requirementsmeans the requirements in Annex I of the Directive which is set out in Schedule 3;
fittingmeans a safety device, a controlling device or a regulating device, and includes a sub-assembly of an appliance, but does not include a forced draught burner or heating body to be equipped with such a burner which is separately marketed for trade use and is designed to be incorporated into an appliance or assembled to constitute an appliance;
quality systemmeans a system of which the purpose is to ensure that appliances conform with the type as described in the EC type-examination certificate and satisfy the essential requirements which apply to them;
safehas the same meaning as in section 19(1) of the 1987 Act except that the references in that subsection to “risk” shall be construed as including references to any risk of— (a) injury or impairment to the health or safety of any domestic animal;
the 1974 Actmeans the Health and Safety at Work etc.
the 1987 Actmeans the Consumer Protection Act 1987;
the Commissionmeans the Commission of the European Communities;
the Communitymeans the European Economic Community;
the Departmentmeans the Department for Economic Development;
the Directivemeans Council Directive 90/396/EEC on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to appliances burning gaseous fuels;
the Executivemeans the Health and Safety Executive;
typehas the meaning assigned to it in paragraph (2)(a) of regulation 10 and “approved type” means a type approved by a notified body under that regulation or approved under a corresponding provision of the law of another member State.