- accident
includes (a) an act of non-consensual physical violence done to a person at work;
- appropriate person
means— (a) in the case of a coal mine, the responsible person or a person appointed in the management structure of that mine established pursuant to paragraph (1) of regulation 10 of the Management and Administration of Safety and Health at Mines Regulations 1993;
- approved
means approved for the time being in writing for the purposes of these Regulations by the Executive and published in such form as the Executive considers appropriate;
- automatic train protection equipment
means equipment which automatically controls the speed of a train, either by bringing it to a halt or reducing its speed, in the event that the train passes a signal without authority or exceeds a prescribed speed limit.
- biological agent
has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2(1) of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1994;
- concession owner
means the person who at any time has the right to exploit or explore mineral resources in any area, or to store gas in any area and to recover gas so stored if, at any time, the well is, or is to be, used in the exercise of that right);
- construction site
means any place where there are carried out building operations or works of engineering construction such that those operations or works fall within section 127(1) of the Factories Act 1961;
- danger zone
means the area from which persons have been excluded or forbidden to enter to avoid being endangered by any explosion or ignition of explosives.
- dangerous goods
has the same meaning as in regulation 1(2) of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail Regulations 1994.
- dangerous occurrence
means an occurrence which arises out of or in connection with work and is of a class specified in— (a) paragraphs 1—17 of Part I of Schedule 2;
- disease
includes a medical condition;
- dock
means any place to which section 125(1) of the Factories Act 1961 applies;
- explosives
has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Quarries (Explosives) Regulations 1988.
- factory
has the meaning assigned to it by section 175 of the Factories Act 1961;
- freight container
means a container as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984.
- guided transport system
means a system using a mode of guided transport prescribed under regulation 3 of the Railways and Other Transport Systems (Approval of Works, Plant and Equipment) Regulations 1994;
- large vehicle or mobile plant
means—
- liquefied petroleum gas
means commercial butane (that is, a hydrocarbon mixture consisting predominantly of butane, butylene or any mixture thereof) or commercial propane (that is, a hydrocarbon mixture consisting predominantly of propane, propylene or any mixture thereof) or any mixture of commercial butane and commercial propane.
- major injury
means an injury or condition specified in Schedule 1;
- nominated person
means the person (if any) who is for the time being nominated— (a) in a case where there is an association or body representative of a majority of the total number of persons employed at a mine or quarry, by that association or body;
- offshore installation
has the meaning assigned to it by article 4(2) of the 1995 Order but excluding the fixed structures specified in article 4(2)(a) of that Order;
- offshore workplace
means any place where activities are carried on or any premises such that prescribed provisions of the 1974 Act are applied to those activities or premises by virtue of articles 4, 5 or 6 of the 1995 Order, and for this purpose those articles shall be deemed to apply to activities or premises within Great Britain which are in tidal waters or on the foreshore or other land intermittently covered by such waters as they apply to activities and premises within territorial waters or a designated area;
- owner
means— (a) in relation to a mine or quarry, the person who is for the time being entitled to work it;
- passenger train
means a train carrying passengers or made available for the carriage of passengers;
- quarry
means a mine or, as the case may be, a quarry within the meaning of section 180 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 and for the purposes of these Regulations includes a closed tip within the meaning of section 2(2)(b) of the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 which is associated with that mine or that quarry;
- radiation generator
has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Ionising Radiations Regulations 1985.
- railway
has the meaning assigned to it by section 67 of the Transport and Works Act 1992;
- relevant transport system
means a railway, tramway, trolley vehicle system or guided transport system;
- responsible person
means— (a) in the case of— (a) a mine, the manager of that mine;
- road
has the meaning assigned to it by section 192(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988;
- road vehicle
means any vehicle, other than a train, on a road;
- running line
means any line which is not a siding and is ordinarily used for the passage of trains;
- the 1995 Order
means the Health and Safety at Work etc.
- the Executive
means the Health and Safety Executive;
- The term `relevant transport system
has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2 of the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995.”;
- train
includes a reference to a locomotive, tramcar or other power unit and to a vehicle used on a relevant transport system;
- tramway
has the meaning assigned to it by section 67 of the Transport and Works Act 1992;
- trolley vehicle system
has the meaning assigned to it by section 67 of the Transport and Works Act 1992;
- well
includes any structures and devices on top of a well;