S.L. 424.16 ст. 2Interpretation.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"acoustic signal" means a coded sound signal which is released and transmitted by a device designed for that purpose, without the use of a human or artificial voice;

"Act" means the Health and Safety at Work Act; "dangerous substance" means any substance which is explosive, oxidising, flammable or easily flammable, or which has toxic, harmful, corrosive or irritant properties in relation to persons;

"emergency escape or first-aid sign" means a sign giving information on escape routes, emergency exits or first aid or rescue facilities; "hand signal" means a movement or a position of the arms or hands or a combination thereof, in coded form, for guiding persons who are carrying out manoeuvres which constitute a hazard, a danger, or a risk to the health or safety of persons at work;

"health and, or safety sign" means a sign referring to a specific object, activity or situation which provides information or instructions about health and, or safety by means of, but not limited to, a signboard, a colour, an illuminated sign, an acoustic signal, a verbal communication or a hand signal, as the case may be, and shall include, but shall not be limited to, a mandatory sign, a prohibition sign and a warning sign; "illuminated sign" means a sign produced by a device made of transparent or translucent materials which are illuminated from the inside or the rear in such a way as to give the appearance of a luminous surface;

*These regulations have been transferred to Cap. 646. Vide S.L. 646.09 and Act XXXIII of 2024. "information sign" means a sign providing information other than that given by a prohibition sign, a warning sign, or by an emergency escape or first-aid sign; "mandatory sign" means a sign prescribing a specific form of behaviour; "prohibition sign" means a sign prohibiting an activity or a form of behaviour likely to cause a risk to health or safety, or to incur danger;

"safety colour" means a colour to which a specific meaning is assigned;

"signboard" means a sign which provides specific information or instruction by a combination of geometric shapes, colours, symbols or pictograms, and which is rendered visible by lighting of sufficient intensity; "substance" means a chemical element and, or its compounds, whether naturally occurnng or produced by an industrial process, and shall include mixtures or solutions of two or more substances;

"supplementary signboard" means a signboard used together with another signboard, which provides supplementary information;

"symbol" or "pictogram" means a figure which describes a situation or which prescribes specific behaviour and which is used on a signboard or illuminated surface; "verbal communication" means a predetermined spoken message communicated by a human or artificial voice; "warning sign" means a sign giving a warning of a hazard, a risk to health or safety, or to a danger.

(2) In these regulations, words and expressions shall have the same meaning as defined in article 2 of the Act.