S.L. 424.17 Art. 3Interpretation.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Health and Safety at Work Act

"Authority" means the Occupational Health and Safety Authority established by virtue of the Act;

"manual handling of loads" means any transporting or supporting of a load, by one or more workers, including lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving of a load by hand or by bodily force, whether applied directly to the load or indirectly, and which, by reason of its characteristics or because of unfavourable ergonomic conditions, involves a risk particularly of back injury to workers.