- applicable
means, in relation to the application of essential health and safety requirements to any machine, those essential health and safety requirements which are expressed in Annex I (Part 1 of Schedule 2) as applying either to all machinery or to machinery of a category to which that machine belongs or which has a characteristic that it shares;
- approved body
has the meaning given to it in regulation 16A;
- approved body designation
means a notified body designation within the meaning of regulation 16(2) and (4) of these Regulations, as they had effect immediately before IP completion.
- at work
has the same meaning as it does under or by virtue of section 52 of the 1974 Act for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act.
- authorised representative
means a person established in the United Kingdom who has received a written mandate from the manufacturer to perform, on the manufacturer's behalf, all or part of the obligations and formalities imposed on manufacturers (either as “manufacturers” or “responsible persons”) by these Regulations or otherwise in connection with the Directive;
- chains, ropes and webbing
has the meaning given in regulation 4(2)(e);
- conformity assessment
means the assessment, in accordance with Annex VIII, IX or X (Part 8, Part 9 or Part 10 of Schedule 2), of whether machinery, or a representative model of machinery, satisfies the applicable requirements of these Regulations, and “conformity assessment procedure” means the procedures specified in any of those Annexes;
- conformity assessment procedure
means the procedures specified in any of those Annexes;
- designated standard
has the meaning given to it in regulation 2A;
- enforcement authority
means— (a) in Great Britain, subject to sub-paragraph (b) and (ba)— (i) in relation to machinery and partly completed machinery for use at work, the Health and Safety Executive;
- essential health and safety requirements
means the requirements set out in Annex I (Part 1 of Schedule 2), being requirements relating to the design and construction of the products to which these Regulations apply to ensure a high level of protection of the health and safety of persons and, where appropriate, of domestic animals and property and, in the case of machinery referred to in section 2.4 of Annex I, of the environment;
- harmonised standard
means a harmonised standard within the meaning of Article 2(l) the reference to which has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
- interchangeable equipment
has the meaning given in regulation 4(2)(b);
- international standardising body
has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, part of Annex 1A to the agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation signed at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 (as modified from time to time).
- lifting accessory
has the meaning given in regulation 4(2)(d);
- machine
means an item of machinery;
- machinery
has the meaning given in regulation 4(3);
- manufacturer
means, in relation to machinery or partly completed machinery— (a) a person who designs or manufactures that machinery or partly completed machinery— (i) with a view to its being placed on the market under that person's own name or trademark;
- partly completed machine
means an item of partly completed machinery;
- partly completed machinery
has the meaning given in regulation 6;
- pre-exit period
means the period beginning with 29 December 2009 and ending immediately before IP completion day;
- product
means machinery to which these Regulations apply.
- recognised standardisation body
means any one of the following organisations—
- relevant nuclear site
means a site which is— (a) a GB nuclear site (within the meaning given in section 68 of the Energy Act 2013);
- removable mechanical transmission device
has the meaning given in regulation 4(2)(f);
- responsible person
means, in relation to machinery or partly completed machinery— (a) the manufacturer of that machinery or partly completed machinery;
- Review period
means—
- safe
means, in relation to machinery, that when it is properly installed and maintained, and used for the purposes for which it is intended, or under conditions which can reasonably be foreseen, it does not— (a) endanger the health of, or result in death or injury to, any person;
- safety component
has the meaning given in regulation 4(2)(c);
- technical specification
means a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a product, process, service or system and which lays down one or more of the following—
- the 1974 Act
means the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974;
- the 1978 Order
means the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;
- the 1987 Act
means the Consumer Protection Act 1987;
- the 1992 Regulations
means the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992;
- the Appeal Officer
means the person who hears a particular appeal.
- the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
means the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland established under Article 12 of the 1978 Order;
- use at work
means, in relation to machinery or partly completed machinery, use or operation— (a) by persons at work (whether exclusively or not);