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The Pressure Systems and Transportable Gas Containers Regulations 1989

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I INTRODUCTION

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Application and duties

  3. PART II GENERAL

    1. 4.Design, construction, repair, and modification

  4. PART III PRESSURE SYSTEMS

    1. 5.Provision of information and marking

    2. 6.Installation

    3. 7.Safe operating limits

    4. 8.Written scheme of examination

    5. 9.Examination in accordance with the written scheme

    6. 10.Action in case of imminent danger

    7. 11.Operation

    8. 12.Maintenance

    9. 13.Keeping of records, etc

  5. PART IV PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT PRESSURISATION OF CERTAIN VESSELS

    1. 14.Application

    2. 15.Precautions to prevent pressurisation

  6. PART V TRANSPORTABLE GAS CONTAINERS

    1. 16.Design standards, approval and certification

    2. 17.Filling of containers

    3. 18.Examination of containers

    4. 19.Modifications of containers

    5. 20.Repair Work

    6. 21.Re-rating

    7. 22.Records

  7. PART VI MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 23.Defence

    2. 24.Power to grant exemptions

    3. 25.Extension outside Great Britain

    4. 26.Repeals, revocations and modifications

    5. 27.Transitional provisions

  8. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      COMING INTO FORCE OF THE REGULATIONS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

      1. PART I coming into force of the regulations

        1. 1.Regulations 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 13 to 15,...

        2. 2.Regulation 4 (in so far as it relates to transportable...

        3. 3.All the other provisions of these Regulations shall come into...

      2. PART II transitional provisions for plant

        1. subject to existing examination requirements

          1. 1.This Part shall apply until regulations 8 to 10 come...

          2. 2.The existing examination requirements shall not apply to any plant...

          3. 3.Paragraph 2 above shall not apply unless written notice explaining...

          4. 4.Where a person receives a notice under paragraph 3 above...

          5. 5.In this Part “the existing examination requirements” are the following...

      3. PART III further transitional provisions

        1. 1.Section 33(6) of the Factories Act 1961 shall, notwithstanding its...

        2. 2.Any record or register required to be kept under any...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      EXCEPTIONS TO THE REGULATIONS

      1. PART I pressure systems and transportable gas containers excepted from all regulations

        1. 1.A pressure system or transportable gas container which forms part...

        2. 2.A pressure system or transportable gas container which forms part...

        3. 3.A pressure system which forms part of any braking, control...

        4. 4.That part of a system which is only a pressure...

        5. 5.Any pipeline and its protective devices in which the pressure...

        6. 6.Any pressure system or part thereof, or transportable gas container...

        7. 7.Any plant or equipment, other than a transportable gas container,...

        8. 8.A working chamber, tunnel, manlock or an airlock within which...

        9. 9.A road tanker or tank container to which the Dangerous...

        10. 10.Any pressure system or transportable gas container being carried in...

        11. 11.Any pressure system or transportable gas container being carried in...

        12. 12.Any pressure system or transportable gas container which is carried,...

        13. 13.Any pressure system comprising a gas propulsion or a gas...

        14. 14.Any water cooling system on an internal combustion engine or...

        15. 15.A container of the type known as a two-part beer...

        16. 16.A container used for the conveyance or storage of beer...

        17. 17.Any tyre used or intended to be used on a...

        18. 18.Any vapour compression refrigeration system incorporating compressor drive motors, including...

        19. 19.A mobile system of the type known as a slurry...

        20. 20.Prime movers including turbines but not including steam locomotives or...

        21. 21.Any pressure system which is an electrical or telecommunications cable....

        22. 22.Any pressure system containing sulphur hexafluoride gas and forming an...

        23. 23.Any pressure system consisting of a water filled fluid coupling...

        24. 24.Any portable fire extinguisher with a working pressure below 25...

        25. 25.Any part of a tool or appliance (designed to be...

      2. PART II pressure systems and transportable gas containers excepted from certain regulations

        1. 1.Regulations 5(4), 8 to 11 and 13 shall not apply...

        2. 2.Regulations 4, 5, 7 to 10 and 13 shall not...

        3. 3.Regulations 4, 5, 7 to 10 and 13 shall not...

        4. 4.Regulations 16, 17(1)(a), 18 and 22(1) shall not apply to...

        5. 5.Regulation 4(1) to (5) shall not apply to an EEC-type...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      MODIFICATION OF DUTIES IN CASES WHERE PRESSURE SYSTEMS ARE SUPPLIED BY WAY OF LEASE, HIRE, OR OTHER ARRANGEMENTS

      1. 1.(a) This paragraph applies where a person supplies an installed...

      2. 2.Where a person supplies a pressure system to another (“the...

      3. 3.Section 6(9) of the Health and Safety at Work etc....

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      MARKING OF PRESSURE VESSELS

      1. 1.The manufacturer’s name.

      2. 2.A serial number to identify the vessel.

      3. 3.The date of manufacture of the vessel.

      4. 4.The standard to which the vessel was built.

      5. 5.The maximum design pressure of the vessel.

      6. 6.The minimum design pressure of the vessel where it is...

      7. 7.The design temperature.

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      FEES ON APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVALS

      1. 1.On the making of an application under regulation 16(2)(a) to...

      2. 2.On receipt of the application the Executive shall prepare and...

      3. 3.On determination of the application the Executive shall prepare and...

      4. 4.If the cost so stated differs from the amount estimated...

      5. 5.In estimating or stating the cost of carrying out any...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      REPEALS, REVOCATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS

      1. PART I repeals

      2. PART II MODIFICATIONS OF ENACTMENTS

      3. PART III revocations

      4. PART IV modifications of instruments

  10. Explanatory Note

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