The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 1991

Transitional and other exceptions

6.—(1) These Regulations do not apply–

(a) in the case of a vessel first supplied or taken into service within the Community before 1st July 1992 which conforms with safety requirements having effect in the United Kingdom apart from these Regulations; or

(b) in the case of a relevant assembly either–

(i) first supplied or taken into service within the Community before 1st July 1992; or

(ii) first supplied or taken into service within the Community on or after 1st July 1992, where the vessel incorporated in it was first supplied or taken into service within the Community before that date,

where the vessel incorporated in it conforms with safety requirements having effect in the United Kingdom apart from these Regulations.

(2) These Regulations also do not apply in the case of a vessel or a relevant assembly supplied in the United Kingdom if the supplier believes (with reasonable cause) that it will not be taken into service either in the United Kingdom or in another member State.

(3) These Regulations also do not apply–

(a) in the case of a vessel first supplied or taken into service within the Community before 1st July 1992 where–

(i) the supplier believes (with reasonable cause)

the vessel will not be taken into service in the United Kingdom; and

(ii) the vessel conforms with safety requirements having effect in a member State other than the United Kingdom in which the supplier believes (with reasonable cause) the vessel will be taken into service; or

(b) in the case of a relevant assembly–

(i) first supplied or taken into service within the Community before 1st July 1992; or

(ii) first supplied or taken into service within the Community on or after 1st July 1992, where the vessel incorporated in it was first supplied or taken into service within the Community before that date;

where–

(aa) the supplier believes (with reasonable cause) that the relevant assembly will not be taken into service in the United Kingdom; and

(bb) the vessel incorporated in the relevant assembly conforms with safety requirements having effect in a member State other than the United Kingdom in which the supplier believes (with reasonable cause) the relevant assembly will be taken into service.

(4) The exceptions provided above in this regulation do not apply in the case of a vessel or relevant assembly where the vessel, or the vessel incorporated in the relevant assembly, as the case may be, bears the EC mark or any other inscription which is likely to be confused with the EC mark.