S.L. 424.14 Art. 2Interpretation.

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

"Act" means the Health and Safety at Work Act; "display screen equipment" means any alphanumeric or graphic display screen, regardless of the display process involved; "equipment" means display screen equipment; "eye and eyesight test" means a test to determine the presence and the nature of any defects of sight and the correction, remedy or relief of any such defect by means of an optical appliance prescribed on the basis of the determination;

"worker" includes a person who is not an employee, but who has been assigned work by an employer involving the habitual or regular use of dispIay screen equipment provided by the employer, as well as an employee who uses display screen equipment at a workstation provided by the employer at home;

"workstation" means an assembly comprising:

(a) display screen equipment, whether or not provided with a keyboard or input device and, or software determining the operator/machine interface;

(b) any optional accessories to the display screen equipment;

(c) any disk drive, telephone, modem, printer, document holder, work chair, work desk, work surface or other item peripheral to the display screen equipment; and

(d) the immediate work environment around the display screen equipment.

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

*These regulations have been transferred to Cap. 646. Vide S.L. 646.07 and Act XXXIII of 2024.