The Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 1996

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I PRELIMINARY

   1. 1. Citation, commencement, extent and revocation

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART II APPLICATION

   1. 3. Equipment, protective systems, devices and components

   2. 4. Excluded equipment, protective systems, devices and components

   3. 5. Exclusion until 30th June 2003 of equipment and protective systems complying with health and safety provisions in force on 23rd March 1994

4. PART III GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

   1. 6. General duty relating to the placing on the market of equipment, protective systems or devices by a responsible person

   2. 7. General duty relating to the supply of equipment, protective systems or devices by a person other than the responsible person

   3. 8. General duty relating to the placing on the market of components by a responsible person

   4. 9. Exceptions to placing on the market in respect of certain equipment, protective systems, devices and components

   5. 10. Conformity assessment procedures

   6. 11. Notified bodies

   7. 12. Notified bodies appointed by the Secretary of State

   8. 13. Fees

5. Supplementary provisions

   1. 14. Conditions for equipment, protective systems, devices and components being taken to comply with the provisions of the ATEX Directive

6. PART IV ENFORCEMENT

   1. 15. Application of Schedule 14

   2. 16. Offences

   3. 17. Penalties

   4. 18. Defence of due diligence

   5. 19. Liability of persons other than the principal offender

7. Amendment and disapplication of law in Great Britain

   1. 20. General provisions

   2. 21. Consequential amendment of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992

8. Signature

9. SCHEDULES

   1. Schedule 1

      Revocation of Regulations

   2. Schedule 2

      The CE marking and Other Inscriptions

   3. Schedule 3

      Essential health and safety requirements (Annex II of the ATEX Directive)

   4. Schedule 4

      Criteria determining the Classification of Equipment-groups into Categories (Annex I of the ATEX Directive)

   5. Schedule 5

      Excluded equipment, protective systems and devices

   6. Schedule 6

      Module: EC Type-Examination (Annex III of the ATEX Directive)

   7. Schedule 7

      Module: Production Quality Assurance (Annex IV of the ATEX Directive)

   8. Schedule 8

      Module: Product Verification (Annex V of the ATEX Directive)

   9. Schedule 9

      Module: Conformity to Type (Annex VI of the ATEX Directive)

   10. Schedule 10

       Module: Product Quality Assurance (Annex VII of the ATEX Directive)

   11. Schedule 11

       Module: Internal Control of Production (Annex VIII of the ATEX Directive)

   12. Schedule 12

       Module: Unit Verification (Annex IX of the ATEX Directive)

   13. Schedule 13

       Content of the EC declaration of conformity

   14. Schedule 14

       Enforcement

   15. Schedule 15

       Disapplication of specific Mining Regulations

10. Explanatory Note