The Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I PRELIMINARY

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART II APPLICATION

   1. 3. Pressure equipment and assemblies

   2. 4. Excluded pressure equipment and assemblies

   3. 5. Pressure equipment and assemblies placed on the market before 29th November 1999

   4. 6. Exclusion until 30th May 2002 of pressure equipment and assemblies complying with provisions in force on 28th November 1999

4. PART III GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

   1. 7. General duty relating to the placing on the market or putting into service of pressure equipment

   2. 8. General duty relating to the placing on the market or putting into service of assemblies

   3. 9. Requirement for pressure equipment or assemblies to comply with sound engineering practice

   4. 10. General duty relating to the supply of pressure equipment or assemblies

   5. 11. Exceptions to placing on the market or supply in respect of certain pressure equipment and assemblies

   6. 12. Classification of pressure equipment

   7. 13. Conformity assessment procedures for pressure equipment

   8. 14. Conformity assessment procedure for assemblies

   9. 15. Exclusion for pressure equipment and assemblies for use for experimentation

   10. 16. CE marking

   11. 17. European approval for materials

   12. 18. Notified bodies

   13. 19. Recognised third-party organisations

   14. 20. Notified bodies and recognised third-party organisations appointed by the Secretary of State

   15. 21. Fees

   16. 22. User inspectorates

   17. 23. Conditions for pressure equipment and assemblies being taken to conform with the provisions of these Regulations

5. PART IV ENFORCEMENT

   1. 24. Application of Schedule 8

   2. 25. Offences

   3. 26. Penalties

   4. 27. Defence of due diligence

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

   6. 29. Consequential amendments

6. Signature

7. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1.

      Excluded pressure equipment and assemblies

   2. SCHEDULE 2.

      Essential safety requirements (Annex I to the Pressure Equipment Directive)

   3. SCHEDULE 3.

      Conformity assessment tables (Annex II to the Pressure Equipment Directive)

   4. SCHEDULE 4.

      Conformity assessment procedures (Annex III to the Pressure Equipment Directive)

   5. SCHEDULE 5.

      CE marking (Annex VI to the Pressure Equipment Directive)

   6. SCHEDULE 6.

      EC declaration of conformity (Annex VII to the Pressure Equipment Directive)

   7. SCHEDULE 7.

      European approval for materials

   8. SCHEDULE 8.

      Enforcement

8. Explanatory Note