The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Conformity assessment

15.—(1) This regulation applies to transportable pressure equipment within the scope of the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive by virtue of article 1(2)(a) of that Directive.

(2) Subject to regulation 16, equipment shall only be placed on the market or put into service if the four obligations set out in this regulation are all satisfied.

(3) The first obligation is that the equipment meets the requirements of—

(a) the Dangerous Goods Directive; or

(b) if applicable, article 3(4) of the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive.

(4) The second obligation is that the fact that the equipment satisfies the first obligation is demonstrated by the conformity assessment procedures mentioned in article 3(1) and (2) of the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive.

(5) The third obligation is that those conformity assessment procedures are carried out by a notified body.

(6) The fourth obligation is that the marking requirements set out in article 10 of the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive that are applicable to conformity assessment are complied with in relation to that equipment.

(7) For the purposes of these Regulations, a reference in Part I of Annex IV to the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive to “national authorities” shall be treated as if it were a reference to “competent authority”.