Interpretation
1. (1) In this Regulation, “appliance” means a device that consumes or is intended to consume gas and includes all valves, fittings, controls and components attached or to be attached to it; “approved” means, (a) with respect to a standard or a laboratory test report, that it is listed in “Titles of Standards and Laboratory Test Reports Authorized in the Province of Ontario under the Act” published by the designated administrative authority from time to time, (b) with respect to an appliance, equipment, a component or an accessory, that it bears the label or symbol of a designated testing organization or a label or symbol authorized by the director, certifying that it complies with an approved standard or laboratory test report, or (c) with respect to an installation or work, that it complies with this Regulation or, where the installation or work was installed before this Regulation came into force, that it complies with the predecessor to this Regulation as it existed when the installation or work was carried out; “certificate” means a certificate issued under Ontario Regulation 215/01 (Fuel Industry Certificates); “code adoption document” means the “Oil and Gas Pipeline Systems Code Adoption Document” adopted as part of this Regulation under Ontario Regulation 223/01; “distributor” means a person who conveys or supplies gas to an end user, but does not include a person who supplies gas to a vehicle or cylinder, and “distribute” and “distribution” have corresponding meanings; “equipment” means a device that is used in venting gas or in the handling of oil and gas; “facility” means a site where oil or gas is stored or handled other than in portable containers; “gas” means any gas or mixture of gases suitable for domestic or industrial fuel that is conveyed to the user through a pipeline; “gas pipeline inspector” means a holder of a certificate as a gas pipeline inspector issued by the director; “handling” means the storage, transmission, transportation or distribution of oil and gas, but does not include putting compressed natural gas into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle or into a container at a self-serve facility as provided in Ontario Regulation 214/01 (Compressed Natural Gas), and “handle” and “handler” have corresponding meanings; “hydrocarbon” means a chemical compound of hydrogen and carbon used as a fuel, either liquid or gaseous; “install” includes placing equipment in position for permanent or temporary use, venting it and connecting piping to it, and “installation” has a corresponding meaning; “maintenance” means the inspection, servicing or repair of equipment, including replacement with equipment having similar performance specifications to that being replaced where it is not necessary to change the layout perimeters directly associated with the equipment being replaced; “oil” means crude oil, liquid petroleum products, natural gasoline, natural gas liquids, liquefied petroleum gas and any condensate resulting from the production, processing or refining of hydrocarbons; “operating company” includes an individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, consortium, public agency or other entity operating a gas or oil pipeline system; “pipeline” means a pipe that is used for the transmission or distribution of oil and gas and includes fittings, valves, controls, compressor stations, pressure regulating stations, meter stations and pump stations, but does not include the pipe, fittings, valves or controls of the end user; “routine maintenance” means scheduled maintenance or maintenance that is generally accepted as good engineering practice; “transmitter” means a person who supplies oil and gas by pipeline to a distributor, and “transmit”, “transmission” and “transmission line” have corresponding meanings; “work” means a facility used in the handling of oil and gas. O. Reg. 210/01, s. 1 (1). (2) In the event of a conflict between a provision of this Regulation and the code adoption document, this Regulation prevails. O. Reg. 210/01, s. 1 (2).