Similar regulations are in place in Germany, where anyone who has spent six months or more living in the UK between January 1980 and December 1996 is permanently banned from donating blood.

These guides include various recommended design criteria and standards, some of which are cited within the UK building regulations, and therefore form a legislative requirement for major building services works.

It reached No. 17 in the UK singles chart ( although chart regulations introduced later in the decade would have classed it as an album ).

The primary significance of the EC Act 1972 is that ( apart from being the instrument whereby the UK was able to accede to the European Union ( or ' European Communities ' as then termed ) it enables under section 2 ( 2 ) for Government ministers to lay regulations before Parliament to implement required changes to UK law ( for example, Decisions of the European Court of Justice and EU Directives ).

Vehicle regulations in the UK allow the production of up to 200 vehicles a year without the extensive regulation and testing requirements applied to mass-market vehicles.

The agency was set up under the Environment Act 1995 as an independent body and works closely with UK Government to enforce the regulations.

Official Niva imports to the UK ceased in 1997 due to the importers having difficulty in sourcing the GM fuel injection unit required to satisfy ever-tightening UK emissions regulations.

On 1 September 1987 the UK added the usual 40 frequencies ( 26. 965 – 27. 405 MHz ) used worldwide, for a total of 80 channels at 27 MHz ; antenna regulations were further relaxed, and the 934 MHz band was withdrawn in 1998.

UK regulations differ somewhat from those in other countries ; although AM / FM CB transceivers are legal ( since they conform to European specifications ), but the use of AM is illegal in the UK.

In the UK, brokers are required to pass the XII ( Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment ) Certificate in Securities, this qualification is achieved by passing two exams: Either Unit 1: FBI Financial regulations or Unit 10 Principles of Financial Regulation for MiFID compliant retail trading, and either Unit 2: Securities, Unit 3: Derivatives or Unit 4: for both Securities and Derivatives.

In the UK, Health and Safety regulations state that anyone working in a low-visibility environment, or where there is a risk of not being easily seen, high-visibility clothing must be worn.

In keeping with the UK regulations for trains operating in single bore tunnels, they have emergency doors at the end of each unit, and are also designed so that when operating on 750 V DC the two motor coaches are electrically separate as far as the traction supply goes-unlike other contemporary units, there are no DC traction supply jumper cables between carriages.

UK legislation often gives considerable powers to ministers to issue regulations that control the way the various acts are applied.

When the GTE 16v arrived in the UK, it was subject to stricter emissions regulations ; to meet these, a new exhaust manifold was applied to the C20XE, which robbed the engine of 6ps.

Recently this flush system has also become available in the UK due to a change in regulations.

Until recently, the use of siphon-type cisterns was mandatory in the UK to avoid the potential waste of water by millions of leaking toilets with flapper valves but due to EU harmonisation the regulations have changed.

Although some grey imports are a bargain, some buyers have discovered that their vehicles do not meet British regulations or that parts and service are hard to come by because these cars are different from the versions sold new in the UK.

Although the Seven has always been popular with enthusiasts outside of the UK marketplace, export of the Seven to other markets has increasingly been limited by homologation, safety and emissions regulations in the modern era.

In the UK, the vehicles can be obtained as kits or entirely assembled by Caterham and registered for the road under SVA ( Single Vehicle Approval ) regulations.

* COSHH, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, a set of UK regulations

In the UK palliative care has been a full specialty of medicine since 1989 and training is governed by the same regulations through the Royal College of Physicians as with any other medical specialty.

Terms used to describe the motor neuron diseases can be confusing ; in the UK " motor neuron disease " ( with " neuron " sometimes spelt " neurone ") refers to both amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( the most common form of disease ) and to the broader spectrum of motor neuron diseases including progressive muscular atrophy, primary lateral sclerosis, and progressive bulbar palsy.

ECHELON is a name used in global media and in popular culture to describe a signals intelligence ( SIGINT ) collection and analysis network operated on behalf of the five signatory states to the UK – USA Security Agreement ( Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, referred to by a number of abbreviations, including AUSCANNZUKUS and Five Eyes ).

In the June 1994 issue of UK magazine Mixmag, music journalist Andy Pemberton used it to describe the hip hop instrumental " In / Flux ", a 1993 single by San Francisco's DJ Shadow, and other similar tracks released on the Mo ' Wax label and being played in London clubs at the time.

In Europe and particularly the UK, the terms ' Compact City ' or ' urban intensification ' have often been used to describe similar concepts, which have influenced government planning policies in the UK, the Netherlands and several other European countries.

" DOP " is used as an acronym to describe the director of photography, in Canada and equally in UK.

The term ' John Doe Injunction ' ( or John Doe Order ) is used in the UK to describe an injunction sought against someone whose identity is not known at the time it is issued :" 8. 02 If an unknown person has possession of the confidential personal information and is threatening to disclose it, a ' John Doe ' injunction may be sought against that person.

If rage is accepted as a pre-verbal, pre-cognitive phenomenon ( and sufferers describe it colloquially as " losing the plot ") then it follows that cognitive strategies, eliciting commitments to behave differently or educational programs ( the most common forms of interventions in the UK presently ) are contra-indicated.

There is similar pressure on Black Bermudians ( most of whom are multi-racial ) not to self-identify as mixed race as there is in Blacks in the USA, where President Barack Obama, raised by his single, white mother, sparked debate when he identified himself on the census as black, rather than mixed race, and in the UK, in both of which countries greater flexibility is also now allowed for people to describe themselves racially.

In Europe, prior to the launch of Astra 1A in 1988, the term DBS was commonly used to describe the nationally-commissioned satellites planned and launched to provide TV broadcasts to the home within several European countries ( e. g. BSB in the UK, TV-Sat in Germany ).

The term lower rabbus is used colloquially in the UK to describe this structure.

At universities in the UK, the term " fresher " is used informally to describe new students who are just beginning their first year.

The term " red brick " was first coined by Liverpool professor Edgar Allison Peers ( writing as Bruce Truscot ) to describe the red brick built civic universities that were built in the UK, mostly in the latter part of the 19th century ; these were characterised by Victorian buildings of red brick, such as Victoria Building, which was historically the administrative heart of the University.

The British Army and UK forces use the acronym ORBAT to describe the structure of both friendly and enemy forces.

As a result, " chapel " is sometimes used as an adjective in the UK to describe the members of such churches (" I'm Chapel.

Home education is a collective term used in the UK to describe education provided otherwise than through the schooling system.

Typically, the word is simply used to describe someone from the UK or the US.

In UK constituency elections, which typically feature three or more candidates representing major parties, a plurality is sometimes referred to as a " majority " or a " relative majority " while the terms " overall majority " or " absolute majority " are used to describe the support of more than one half of votes cast.

This is generally the method used to describe railway grades in Australia and the UK.

Navvy is a shorter form of navigator ( UK ) or navigational engineer ( USA ) and is particularly applied to describe the manual labourers working on major civil engineering projects.

For a time in the UK, " a Harvey ( Smith )" became a way of describing the insulting version of the V sign, much as " the word of Cambronne " is used in France, or " the Trudeau salute " is used to describe the one-fingered salute in Canada.

PISA results, by which the performance of Welsh pupils is compared to that of other countries, is also of concern, with Wales lagging behind all other countries in the UK, leading to Minister Leighton Andrews to describe the performance as " unacceptable ".

This policy has prompted criticism from human rights groups in the UK, who describe living and working conditions for Moroccans in Gibraltar as degrading.

* Best Operating Practice ( used by Thames Water to describe operation of water and waste water treatment plants in the UK )