The Boiler (Efficiency) Regulations 1993

1. Introductory Text

2. 1. Citation and commencement

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. Boilers and appliances to which the Regulations do not apply

5. 4. Supply of boilers

6. 5. Efficiency requirements for boilers

7. 6. Supply of appliances

8. 7. The EC mark

9. 8. Notified bodies

10. 9. Failure to comply with Regulations: powers of notified bodies

11. 10. Optional marking of products to indicate energy performance

12. 11. Requirement to keep information about boilers etc

13. 12. Enforcement

14. 13. Offences and penalties

15. 14. Defences.

16. 15. Liability of a person other than principal offender

17. 16. Transitional provisions

18. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       SPECIMEN FORM OF EC MARK

       1. 1. (1) The conformity marking shall consist of the initials “CE”...

       2. 2. Before 1st January 1995, paragraph 1 shall have effect as...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       THE EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       BOILERS AND APPLIANCES TO WHICH THESE REGULATIONS DO NOT APPLY

       1. Part I DESCRIPTION OF BOILERS ETC.

          1. 1. A hot-water boiler which is capable of being fired by...

          2. 2. Equipment for the instantaneous preparation of hot water.

          3. 3. A boiler designed to be fired by industrial waste gas,...

          4. 4. A cooker or other appliance which is designed mainly to...

          5. 5. A device with an effective rated output of less than...

          6. 6. A boiler manufactured on a one-off basis.

          7. 7. A back boiler or boiler designed to be installed in...

          8. 8. An appliance intended to form part of any product specified...

       2. Part II INTERPRETATION OF SCHEDULE 3

          1. 9. In Part I of this Schedule “back boiler” means a...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       EC TYPE-EXAMINATION

       1. 1. This Schedule describes that part of the procedure by which...

       2. 2. (1) The application for EC type-examination shall be lodged by...

       3. 3. The technical documents shall enable the conformity of the product...

       4. 4. The notified body shall— (a) examine the technical documents, verify...

       5. 5. (1) Where the type meets the relevant provisions of these...

       6. 6. The applicant shall inform the notified body which holds the...

       7. 7. Each notified body shall communicate to the other notified bodies...

       8. 8. The other notified bodies may receive copies of the EC...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       CONFORMITY TO TYPE AND QUALITY ASSURANCE

       1. Part I

          1. 1. Conformity to type

          2. 2. The manufacturer shall take all measures necessary to ensure that...

          3. 3. A notified body chosen by the manufacturer shall perform or...

       2. Part II

          1. 4. Production quality assurance

          2. 5. The manufacturer shall operate an approved quality system for production,...

          3. 6. Quality system

          4. 7. Monitoring under the responsibility of the notified body

          5. 8. Each notified body shall give the other notified bodies the...

       3. Part III

          1. 9. Product quality assurance

          2. 10. Quality system

          3. 11. (1) Under the quality system, each boiler or appliance shall...

          4. 12. Monitoring under the responsibility of the notified body

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       NOTIFIED BODIES

       1. Part I

          1. 1. Requirements for approval of a notified body

          2. 2. The body has access to the equipment required for special...

          3. 3. The staff responsible for inspection have— (a) sound technical and...

       2. Part II

          1. 4. Requirements to be imposed on notified bodies

          2. 5. The body and its staff shall carry out the verification...

          3. 6. The impartiality of inspection staff shall be guaranteed. Their remuneration...

          4. 7. The body shall take out liability insurance.

          5. 8. The staff of the body shall be required by the...

    7. SCHEDULE 7

       LABELLING INDICATING ENERGY PERFORMANCE

       1. Part I

          1. 1. If the efficiency of a boiler at rated output and...

          2. 2. If the efficiency of a boiler at rated output and...

          3. 3. Every extra step of efficiency of three points at rated...

       2. Part II The energy performance label awarded under regulation 10 consists of the following symbol:

       3. Part III Efficiency requirements to be met both at nominal output and at part load 0.3 Pn

19. Explanatory Note