The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 1991

Safety clearance

9.—(1) This and the following four regulations specify the means whereby safety clearance is obtained.

(2) A person who, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, proposes to manufacture vessels in Category A which are to be supplied or taken into service in the Community must, before commencing series manufacture, apply (either himself or through his authorised representative established in the Community) for and obtain for the vessels either–

(a) an EC certificate of adequacy; or

(b) an EC type-examination certificate.

(3) If the vessels are to be so manufactured as to conform with a relevant national standard, it is for the manufacturer or his authorised representative to choose whether to apply for a certificate of adequacy or a type-examination certificate. In any other case, a type-examination certificate is required.

(4) Following compliance with paragraph (2) above–

(a) in the case of vessels in Category A.1, following commencement of series manufacture there must be applied for and obtained an EC verification certificate; and

(b) in the case of vessels in Category A.2 or A.3, either–

(i) following commencement of series manufacture there must be applied for and obtained a verification certificate; or

(ii) before commencement of series manufacture there must be carried out the alternative procedure (described in regulation 13 below) by which a manufacturer obtains an EC certificate of conformity.

(5) Application for any of the certificates above-mentioned except the certificate of conformity is made in writing by the manufacturer or his authorised representative to one or other of the approved bodies.

(6) Application for a certificate of conformity is made in writing by the manufacturer to the approved body which issued the certificate of adequacy or the type-examination certificate, as the case may be.

(7) All applications to an approved body, and documents accompanying any application, are to be in the official language of the member State in which that body is established (in the United Kingdom, English), or in another language acceptable to it.