The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Quality system

3.2  Under the quality system, each item of transportable pressure equipment must be examined and appropriate tests must be carried out in order to ensure its conformity with the relevant requirements referred to in Part IV of these Regulations. All the elements, requirements and provisions adopted by the manufacturer must be documented in a systematic and orderly manner in the form of written policies, procedures and instructions. This quality system documentation must permit a consistent interpretation of the quality programmes, plans, manuals and records.

It must contain in particular an adequate description of:

  • the quality objectives and the organisational structure, responsibilities and powers of the management with regard to the quality of the transportable pressure equipment,

  • the examinations and tests to be carried out for the periodic inspection,

  • the means of monitoring the effective operation of the quality system,

  • the quality records, such as inspection reports and test data, calibration data, reports concerning the qualifications or approvals of the staff concerned.