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Introductory Text
1.Citation and commencement
2.Interpretation
3.Application
4.Safety requirements
5.Obligations of manufacturers, suppliers and importers
6.Transitional and other exceptions
7.Approved bodies
8.Fees
9.Safety clearance
10.EC certificate of adequacy
11.EC type-examination certificate
12.EC verification certificate
13.EC certificate of conformity
14.The EC mark
15.Retention of documentation
16.Special provisions applying to vessels in Category A.2
17.Functions of approved bodies in course of EC surveillance
18.Report by United Kingdom approved body concerning contraventions
19.Enforcement
20.Offences
21.Power of the court to require matter to be remedied
22.Defence of due diligence
23.Liability of persons other than the principal offender
24.Consequential amendment of United Kingdom law
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SCHEDULE 1
ESSENTIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
PART 1 MATERIALS
1.Materials must be selected according to the intended use of...
2.Pressurised components
3.Steel vessels
4.Aluminium vessels
5.Welding materials
6.Accessories contributing to the strength of the vessel
7.Non-pressurised components
PART 2 VESSEL DESIGN
8.The manufacturer must, when designing the vessel, define the use...
9.Wall thickness
Calculation method:
Experimental method:
PART 3 MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
10.Vessels must be constructed and checked in accordance with the...
11.Preparation of the component parts
12.Welds on pressurised components
PART 4 DEFINITIONS AND SYMBOLS
13.Definitions
14.Symbols
SCHEDULE 2
EC MARK AND INSCRIPTIONS
1.The EC mark, and the other inscriptions specified below, must...
2.The other inscriptions required are– maximum working pressure in bar...
3.If a data plate is used, it must be so...
4.The EC mark on a vessel of any series consists...
SCHEDULE 3
DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING SCHEDULE
1.The design and manufacturing schedule must contain a description of...
2.In particular it must comprise– (a) a detailed manufacturing drawing...
3.In the case of a schedule relating to two or...
4.In the case of a schedule provided pursuant to regulation...
SCHEDULE 4
FAMILIES OF VESSELS
SCHEDULE 5
ENFORCEMENT
1.Enforcement in Great Britian in relation to vessels for use at work
2.Enforcement in Northern Ireland in relation to vessels for use at work
3.Enforcement in relation to vessels as consumer goods
4.Forfeiture: England and Wales and Northern Ireland
5.Forfeiture: Scotland
6.Duty of enforcement authority to inform Secretary of State of action taken
7.Savings
8.Nothing in these Regulations shall authorise an enforcement authority to...
9.Interpretation
Explanatory Note