The Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999

Classification of pressure equipment

12.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 13, pressure equipment referred to in regulation 7(2) shall be classified by category in accordance with Schedule 3 according to ascending level of hazard.

(2) The appropriate table for pressure equipment coming within regulation 7(2)(a) to (c) inclusive shall be as follows:

• for pressure equipment coming within,

  (a)

  regulation 7(2)(a)(i)(aa), table 1;

  (b)

  regulation 7(2)(a)(i)(bb), table 2;

  (c)

  regulation 7(2)(a)(ii)(aa), table 3;

  (d)

  regulation 7(2)(a)(ii)(bb), table 4;

  (e)

  regulation 7(2)(b), table 5;

  (f)

  regulation 7(2)(c)(i)(aa), table 6;

  (g)

  regulation 7(2)(c)(i)(bb), table 7;

  (h)

  regulation 7(2)(c)(ii)(aa), table 8; or

  (i)

  regulation 7(2)(c)(ii)(bb), table 9.

(3) For pressure equipment coming within regulation 7(2)(d), the category shall be determined in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 3.

(4) Where a vessel is composed of a number of chambers, it shall be classified in the highest category applicable to the individual chambers and where a chamber contains several fluids, classification shall be on the basis of the fluid which requires the highest category.