S.L. 646.14 Art. 2Interpretation.

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 article 8 of the Act;

"biological limit value" means the limit of the concentration in the appropriate biological medium of the relevant agent, its metabolite, or an indicator of effect "carcinogen" means:

(a) a substance or mixture which meets the criteria for classification as a category 1A or 1B carcinogen set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(b) (deleted by L.N. 197 of 2015);

(ba) "reprotoxic substance" means a substance or mixture, which meets the criteria for classification as a category 1A or 1B reproductive toxicant set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/ 548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation

(EC) No 1907/2006;

(bb) "non-threshold reprotoxic substance" means a reprotoxic substance to which there is no safe level of exposure for workers’ health and which is identified as such in the notation column of Schedule III;

(bc) "threshold reprotoxic substance" means a reprotoxic substance for which a safe level of exposure exists below which there is no risk to workers’ health and which is identified as such in the notation column of Schedule III;

(c) a substance, preparation or process referred to in Annex I as well as a substance or preparation released by a process referred to in Annex I; "doctor" means a medical practitioner, specialised in internal or oncological medicine, who is appointed by an employer to examine workers exposed to carcinogens or mutagens;

"health surveillance" means the assessment of an individual worker to determine the state of health of that individual, as related to exposure to specific carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxic substances at work. "limit value" means, unless otherwise specified, the limit of the time-weighted average of the concentration for a carcinogen, mutagen or reprotoxic substance in the air within the breathing zone of a worker in relation to a specified reference period as set out in Schedule III;

"mutagen" means: a substance or mixture which meets the criteria for (a) classification as a category 1A or 1B germ cell mutagen stipulated in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/ 2006; a substance, mixture or process referred to in Schedule I (b) as well as a substance or mixture released by a process referred to in Schedule I;