Defined term

“use”

Defined in 17 Acts, 29 statutory instruments and 8 EU-derived instruments.

  1. Birmingham Commonwealth Games Act 2020 Act 2 definitions
  2. Building Safety Act 2022 Act
  3. The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005 SI
  4. The Clean Heat Market Mechanism Regulations 2025 SI
  5. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1749 of 7 October 2020 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items EU regulation 3 definitions
  6. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) N o 640/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system and conditions for refusal or withdrawal of payments and administrative penalties applicable to direct payments, rural development support and cross compliance EU regulation
  7. Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (Recast) EU regulation 3 definitions
  8. Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 Act
  9. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 SI
  10. The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Lighting Products) Regulations 2021 SI
  11. The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010 SI
  12. Energy Act 2013 Act
  13. The Export Control Order 2008 SI 2 definitions
  14. Export of Goods, Transfer of Technology and Provision of Technical Assistance (Control) Order 2003 SI 5 definitions
  15. The Export of Goods, Transfer of Technology and Provision of Technical Assistance (Control) (Overseas Territories) Order 2004 SI
  16. The Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 2017 SI
  17. The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 SI
  18. Health and Social Care Act 2008 Act
  19. The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 SI 3 definitions
  20. The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 SI 3 definitions
  21. The Libya (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI
  22. The Local Government Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2003 SI
  23. Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 Act
  24. The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment) Regulations 2006 SI
  25. The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Provision and Use of Work Equipment) Regulations 2006 SI
  26. The Myanmar (Sanctions) Regulations 2021 SI 2 definitions
  27. The Offshore Chemicals Regulations 2002 SI
  28. Patents Act 1977 Act
  29. Planning Act 2008 Act
  30. Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990 Act
  31. Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 Act
  32. Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 Act 2 definitions
  33. The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 SI
  34. 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 (Text with EEA relevance) EU regulation
  35. Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (Text with EEA relevance) EU regulation
  36. Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 (Text with EEA relevance) EU regulation
  37. Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (Text with EEA relevance) EU regulation
  38. Regulation (EU) No 98/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the marketing and use of explosives precursors (Text with EEA relevance) EU regulation
  39. The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 SI 2 definitions
  40. Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Act
  41. Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 Act
  42. The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 SI 2 definitions
  43. The Slough Multifuel Extension Order 2023 SI
  44. The Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 SI
  45. The Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI
  46. The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 SI 3 definitions
  47. Town and Country Planning Act 1971 Act
  48. Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Act
  49. Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 Act
  50. Trade Marks Act 1994 Act
  51. The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002 SI
  52. The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 SI 2 definitions
  53. The Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 SI 2 definitions
  54. The Zimbabwe (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 SI

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