SCHEDULE 1Essential Health and Safety Requirements

COMMON REQUIREMENTS FOR EQUIPMENT AND PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS

General requirements

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All equipment and protective systems must be marked legibly and indelibly with the following minimum particulars—

a

name, registered trade name or registered trade mark, and address of the manufacturer;

b

F1 UK marking;

c

designation of series or type;

d

batch or serial number, if any;

e

year of construction;

f

the specific marking of explosion protection Image_r00001 followed by the symbol of the equipment-group and category;

g

for equipment-group II,

i

the letter ‘G’ (concerning explosive atmospheres caused by gases, vapours or mists); or

ii

the letter ‘D’ (concerning explosive atmospheres caused by dust); or

iii

both the letter ‘G’ (concerning explosive atmospheres caused by gases, vapours or mists) and the letter ‘D’ (concerning explosive atmospheres caused by dust).

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Furthermore, where necessary, they must also be marked with all information essential to their safe use.