Transportable Pressure Vessels Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Periodic inspection and repeated use

7.—(1) The owner of a transportable pressure vessel shall ensure that that vessel is periodically inspected in accordance with all relevant procedures in Schedule 6 to ensure –

(a) the continued safety of that vessel; and

(b) that the vessel continues to meet the standards and requirements to which it was designed and manufactured.

(2) A person shall not fill, refill or transport a transportable pressure vessel unless a valid certificate issued in accordance with Schedule 6 demonstrates that that vessel is not overdue for any periodic inspection to which it is subject under these Regulations.

(3) Any person who carries out a periodic inspection of a transportable pressure vessel shall ensure that –

(a) that inspection complies with the relevant requirements of Schedule 6; and

(b) at the end of that inspection, that vessel is marked with –

(i) the identification number of the relevant notified body or approved body;

(ii) where required by Schedule 6, the date of the inspection; and

(iii) in the case of EEC-type cylinders undergoing their first periodic inspection, the conformity marking.

(4) Any technical documentation or other information required to be retained under a periodic inspection procedure shall be retained by the person specified in that procedure for any period specified in that procedure.