The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Amendments to Part 4 (Transportable pressure equipment)

18.  After regulation 20, insert—

“Reassessment of conformity – UK TPE

20A.— (1) This regulation applies to transportable pressure equipment which does not bear the conformity markings provided for in—

(a) regulation 22B;

(b) the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive; or

(c) Council Directive 1999/36/EC of 29 April 1999 on transportable pressure equipment(1),

for the purposes of reassessment of conformity.

(2) Equipment may be reassessed for conformity in accordance with this regulation.

(3) The equipment is to be—

(a) reassessed by a type A appointed body in accordance with the procedure set out in Annex III to the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive, subject to the modifications in paragraph (6); and

(b) inspected by an appointed body appointed for periodic inspection of that equipment and marked in accordance with the requirements of regulation 22B.

(4) If a pressure receptacle has been manufactured in series to a design type for which a—

(a) type A notified body notified for; or

(b) type A appointed body appointed for

reassessment of conformity has issued a certificate of type reassessment, the reassessment of conformity may be undertaken by an appointed body appointed for periodic inspection of that pressure receptacle.

(5) In this regulation—

(a) “certificate of type reassessment” means a certificate issued in accordance with paragraph 6 of Annex III to the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive, subject to the modifications in paragraph (6); and

(b) “type A appointed body” means an appointed body conforming to standard EN ISO/IEC 17020 type A(2) as revised or reissued from time to time.

(6) The modifications referred to in paragraphs (3)(a) and (5)(a) apply to Annex III to the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive and are that—

(a) any reference to “a notified body” is to be read as a reference to an appointed body;

(b) any reference to a “type A notified body” is to be read as a reference to a type A appointed body;

(c) any reference to “notified” is to be read as a reference to appointed;

(d) any reference to the “pi marking” is to be read as a reference to the UK TPE marking; and

(e) any reference to “Member States” is to be read as a reference to the GB competent authority.”.

(1)

OJ No. L 138, 1.6.1999, p. 20-56.

(2)

Current edition: 2012, ISBN 0580784545. Copies can be purchased from The Stationery Office shop (https://www.tsoshop.co.uk/ or 0333 200 2425) or made available for inspection at the Department for Transport (Dangerous Goods Division), Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 4DR.