The Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2016-11-15
Last updated 2024-10-01
State In force
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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

433

This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

434

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

439

This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

440

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

441

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

442

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

445

This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

447

OJ L 330, 16.12.2009, p.10.

449

Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (26.12.2017) by The Radio Equipment Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1206), regs. 1, 82(2)(a)(i) (with regs. 3-5, 77)

450

OJ No L 147, 9.6.1975, p.40

451

OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p.357.

452

OJ L 169, 12.7.1993, p.1.

454

OJ L 165, 30.6.2010, p. 1.

455

OJ No L 96, 29.3.2014 p.45

457

OJ L 60 2.3.2013, p.52.

458

Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (26.12.2017) by virtue of The Radio Equipment Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1206), regs. 1, 82(2)(a)(ii) (with regs. 3-5, 77)

461

OJ L 260, 30.9.2008, p.13.

462

OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p.251.

463

OJ L 157, 9.6.2006, p.24.

465

OJ No L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 164, as corrected by OJ No L 157, 23.6.2015, p112.

466

OJ No L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30.

467

OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p.1.

468

OJ No L 316, 14.11.2012, p12.

472

OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p.309.

474

1985 c.72; section 69 was amended by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c.43), Schedule 1, paragraph 4, the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), Schedule 13, paragraph 144 and the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19), Schedule 16, paragraph 75.

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It is optional for the manufacturer to assign a number to the declaration of conformity.

476

Directive 97/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to pressure equipment, OJ No L181, 9.7.1997, p.1.

477

Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (E.W.S.) (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Treatment of Conformity Assessment Bodies (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/504), reg. 10(2)

478

Sch. 2 para. 31(8) substituted (E.W.S.) (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Treatment of Conformity Assessment Bodies (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/504), reg. 10(3)

479

Sch. 4 para. 2 substituted (E.W.S.) (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Treatment of Conformity Assessment Bodies (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/504), reg. 10(4)

480

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

481

This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

483

Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (E.W.S.) (22.4.2024) by virtue of The Pressure Equipment (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/490), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)

484
485

Word in reg. 43(1)-(4) substituted (E.W.S.) (22.4.2024) by The Pressure Equipment (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/490), regs. 1(2), 2(3)

487

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

488

This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

489

Sch. 2 para. 21(3)(3A) substituted for Sch. 2 para. 21(3) (E.W.S.) (22.4.2024) by The Pressure Equipment (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/490), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(a)

490

Words in Sch. 2 para. 31(5) substituted (E.W.S.) (22.4.2024) by The Pressure Equipment (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/490), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(b)

491

Words in Sch. 2 para. 31(8) substituted (E.W.S.) (22.4.2024) by The Pressure Equipment (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/490), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(c)

492

Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (E.W.S.) (1.10.2024) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/696), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with reg. 23)

Designated standard

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  • (1) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), in these Regulations a “designated standard” means a technical specification which is—
  • (a) adopted by a recognised standardisation body or an international standardising body, for repeated or continuous application, with which compliance is not compulsory; and
  • (b) designated by the Secretary of State by publishing the reference to the standard and maintaining that publication in a manner the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
  • (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a “technical specification” means a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a product, process, service or system and which lays down one or more of the following—
  • (a) the characteristics required of a product, including—
  • (i) levels of quality, performance, interoperability, environmental protection, health, safety or dimensions; and
  • (ii) the requirements applicable to the product as regards the name under which the product is sold, terminology, symbols, testing and test methods, packaging, marking or labelling and conformity assessment procedures; or
  • (b) production methods and processes relating to the product, where these have an effect on the characteristics of the product.
  • (3) For the purposes of this regulation a “recognised standardisation body” means any one of the following organisations—
  • (a) the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN);
  • (b) the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (Cenelec);
  • (c) the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI);
  • (d) the British Standards Institution (BSI).
  • (3A) In this regulation “international standardising body” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, part of Annex 1A to the agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation signed at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 (as modified from time to time).
  • (4) When considering whether the publication is appropriate in accordance with paragraph (1)(b), the Secretary of State must have regard to whether the publication will draw the standard to the attention of any person who may have an interest in the standard.
  • (5) Before publishing the reference to a technical specification adopted by the British Standards Institution, the Secretary of State must have regard to whether the technical specification is consistent with such technical specifications adopted by the other standardisation organisations or by international standardising bodies as the Secretary of State considers to be relevant.
  • (6) The Secretary of State may remove from publication the reference to a standard that has been published in accordance with paragraph (1)(b).

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