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Machinery
Domain: Health and safety at work => Work places and equipment
Grammatical category
Noun
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Uncountable
Definition
1) an assembly of machines which, in order to achieve the same end, are arranged and controlled so that they function as an integral whole, notwithstanding that the machines may themselves be relevant machinery and accordingly severally required to comply with the relevant Regulations; or
2) interchangeable equipment modifying the function of a machine, which is supplied for the purpose of being assembled with a machine or with a series of different machines or with a tractor by the operator himself save for any such equipment which is a spare part or tool.
Definition source
Reg. 4 of The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992
European legislation
Directives 89/392/EEC, 91/368/EEC, 98/37/EC
British legislation
The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992
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