Transportable Pressure Vessels Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Quality system

4.2  Under the quality system, each transportable pressure vessel must be examined and appropriate tests must be carried out in order to ensure its conformity with the relevant requirements of these Regulations. All the elements, requirements and provisions adopted by the manufacturer must be documented in a systematic and orderly manner in the form of written policies, procedures and instructions. The quality system documentation must permit a consistent interpretation of the quality programmes, plans, manuals and records.

It must contain in particular an adequate description of:

• the quality objectives and the organisational structure, responsibilities and powers of the management with regard to the quality of the transportable pressure vessels,

• the procedures used for the joining of parts,

• the examinations and tests to be carried out after manufacture,

• the means of monitoring the effective operation of the quality system,

• the quality records, such as inspection reports and test data, calibration data, reports concerning the qualifications or approvals of the staff concerned.