The Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006

PART IPRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st October 2006.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations–

“the 2005 Act” means the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005;

“approved classification and labelling guide” means the Approved Guide to the Classification and Labelling of Dangerous Substances and Dangerous Preparations (5th edition)(1) approved by the Health and Safety Commission on 16th April 2002;

“child” means a person who is not over school age, construed in accordance with section 31 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(2);

“the CHIP Regulations” means the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002(3);

“competent” means that the person has sufficient training and experience or knowledge and other qualities to enable that person–

“dangerous substance” means–

“employment business” means a business (whether for profit or not and whether or not carried on in conjunction with any other business) which supplies persons (other than seafarers) who are employed in it to work for and under the control of other persons in any capacity;

“explosive atmosphere” means a mixture, under atmospheric conditions, of air and one or more dangerous substances in the form of gases, vapours, mists or dusts in which, after ignition has occurred, combustion spreads to the entire unburned mixture;

“hazard”, in relation to a dangerous substance, means the physico-chemical or chemical property of that substance which has the potential to give rise to fire affecting the safety of a person, and references in these Regulations to “hazardous” are to be construed accordingly;

“personal protective equipment” means all equipment which is intended to be worn or held by a person in the relevant premises and which protects that person against one or more risks to his or her safety, and any addition or accessory designed to meet that objective;

“preparation” means a mixture or solution of two or more substances;

“risk” means the risk to the safety of relevant persons from fire;

“safety data sheet” means a safety data sheet within the meaning of regulation 5 of the CHIP Regulations;

“special, technical or organisational measures” means those measures required to be taken or observed in any workplace in connection with the carrying on of any work process, where those measures–

“substance” means any natural or artificial substance whether in solid or liquid form or in the form of a gas or vapour;

“work process” means all aspects of work involving, or in connection with–

“young person” means any person who has not attained the age of 18.

(2) In these Regulations, any reference to a numbered section is, unless otherwise expressly provided, a reference to a section bearing that number in the 2005 Act.

(3) In these Regulations, any reference to a numbered regulation is, unless otherwise expressly provided, a reference to a regulation bearing that number in these Regulations.

(4) In these Regulations, any duties imposed on persons having duties under sections 53 or 54 are imposed to the extent that the person has duties under those sections.