The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021

Insertion of regulation 19AZA

5.  After regulation 19A (general obligations) insert—

“Prohibition on placing or making available certain transportable pressure equipment on the GB market on or after 1st January 2023

19AZA.— (1) A manufacturer, importer, or distributor may only place equipment on the GB market on or after 1st January 2023 if the equipment is UK TPE or Northern Ireland TPE.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a manufacturer, importer, or distributor may only make equipment available on the GB market on or after 1st January 2023 if the equipment—

(a) is UK TPE or Northern Ireland TPE; or

(b) is pi marked TPE which was placed on the market prior to 1st January 2023.

(3) Where a conformity assessment has been carried out in relation to equipment by a notified body prior to IP completion day, a manufacturer, importer or distributor may only place the equipment on the market where—

(a) the manufacturer arranges for the notified body conformity assessment and any technical documentation to be transferred to an appointed body;

(b) the appointed body referred to in sub-paragraph (a) accepts responsibility for the notified body conformity assessment; and

(c) the appointed body issues a certificate of conformity relying, or relying in part, on any examinations or tests undertaken prior to the issue of the notified body conformity assessment.”.