The Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016

Regulation 10

SCHEDULE 3 U.K.

[F1 PART 1] E+W+S [F2 Classification of pressure equipment] [F2 Classification of pressure equipment before IP completion day]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 renumbered as Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 24 para. 46(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 heading substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 24 para. 46(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and S.I. 2020/852, reg. 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(m)(ix)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

1.  Pressure equipment referred to in regulation 6 must be classified by category in accordance with Annex II to the Directive (as amended from time to time) according to an ascending level of hazard. U.K.

2.—(1) In order to determine the appropriate category for classification of pressure equipment coming within regulation 6(a) to (c), the manufacturer must refer to the following tables within Annex II to the Directive, as amended from time to time— U.K.

(a) for pressure equipment coming within—

(i) regulation 6(a)(i)(aa), table 1;

(ii) regulation 6(a)(i)(bb), table 2;

(iii) regulation 6(a)(ii)(aa), table 3;

(iv) regulation 6(a)(ii)(bb), table 4;

(v) regulation 6(b), table 5;

(vi) regulation 6(c)(i)(aa), table 6;

(vii) regulation 6(c)(i)(bb), table 7;

(viii) regulation 6(c)(ii)(aa), table 8;

(ix) regulation 6(c)(ii)(bb), table 9;

(b) for pressure equipment coming within regulation 6(d), the category must be determined in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of Annex II.

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

3.  For the purposes of the classification referred to in paragraph (1), fluids shall be divided into the following two groups— U.K.

(1) a fluid in Group 1 means—

(a) a substance or mixture—

(i) as defined in Article 2(7) and (8) respectively of the CLP Regulation; and

(ii) that is classified as hazardous in accordance with the following physical or health hazard classes laid down in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex I to the CLP Regulation—

(aa) unstable explosives or explosives of Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5;

(bb) flammable gases, categories 1 and 2;

(cc) oxidising gases, category 1;

(dd) flammable liquids, categories 1 and 2;

(ee) flammable liquids, category 3 where the maximum allowable temperature is above the flashpoint;

(ff) flammable solids, categories 1 and 2;

(gg) self-reactive substances and mixtures, types A to F;

(hh) pyrophoric liquids category 1;

(ii) pyrophoric solids, category 1;

(jj) substances and mixtures which in contact with water emit flammable gases, categories 1, 2 and 3;

(kk) oxidising liquids, categories 1, 2 and 3;

(ll) oxidising solids, categories 1, 2 and 3;

(mm) organic peroxides, types A to F;

(nn) acute oral toxicity, categories 1 and 2;

(oo) acute dermal toxicity, categories 1 and 2;

(pp) acute inhalation toxicity, categories 1, 2 and 3;

(qq) specific target organ toxicity – single exposure, category 1; or

(b) a substance or mixture contained in pressure equipment with a maximum allowable temperature TS which exceeds the flashpoint of the fluid;

(2) a fluid in Group 2 means any substance or mixture which is not a substance or mixture within the definition of a fluid in group 1.

4.  In this Schedule, “ the CLP Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures M1 . U.K.

Marginal Citations

M1 OL L 353, 31.12.2008.

[F3 PART 2 E+W+S Classification of pressure equipment immediately on or after IP completion day

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 3 Pt. 2 inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 24 para. 46(c) (with Sch. 24 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and S.I. 2020/852, reg. 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(m)(x)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

5.   Pressure equipment referred to in regulation 6 (pressure equipment and assemblies subject to essential safety requirements) must be classified by category in accordance with Schedule 1B (conformity assessment tables) to these Regulations according to an ascending level of hazard. E+W+S

6.— (1) In order to determine the appropriate category for classification of pressure equipment coming within regulations 6(a) to (c), the manufacturer must refer to the following tables within Schedule 1B to these Regulations— E+W+S

(a) for pressure equipment coming within—

(i) regulation 6(a)(i)(aa), table 1;

(ii) regulation 6(a)(i) (bb), table 2;

(iii) regulation 6(a)(ii)(aa), table 3;

(iv) regulation 6(a)(ii)(bb), table 4;

(v) regulation 6(b), table 5;

(vi) regulation 6(c)(i)(aa), table 6;

(vii) regulation 6(c)(i)(bb), table 7;

(viii) regulation 6(c)(ii)(aa), table 8;

(ix) regulation 6(c)(ii)(bb), table 9;

(b) for pressure equipment coming within regulation 6(d), the category must be determined in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 1B to these Regulations.

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

7.   For the purposes of the classification referred to in paragraph (5), fluids shall be divided up into the following groups— E+W+S

(a) group 1 consisting of substances and mixtures, as defined in points 7 and 8 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16th December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EEC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, that are classified as hazardous in accordance with the following physical or health hazard classes laid down in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex 1 to that Regulation—

(i) unstable explosives or explosives of Divisions 1.1. 1.2. 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5;

(ii) flammable gases, category 1 and 2;

(iii) oxidising gases, category 1;

(iv) flammable liquids, categories 1 and 2;

(v) flammable liquids, category 3 where the maximum allowable temperature is above the flashpoint;

(vi) flammable solids, category 1 and 2;

(vii) self-reactive substances and mixtures, type A to F;

(viii) pyrophoric liquids, category 1;

(ix) pyrophoric solids, category 1;

(x) oxidising liquids, category 1, 2 and 3;

(xi) substances and mixtures which in contact with water emit flammable gases, category 1, 2 and 3;

(xii) oxidising liquids, category 1, 2 and 3;

(xiii) oxidising solids, category 1, 2 and 3;

(xiv) organic peroxides types A to F;

(xv) acute oral toxicity, category 1 and 2;

(xvi) acute dermal toxicity, category 1, 2 and 3;

(xvii) acute inhalation toxicity, category 1, 2 and 3;

(xviii) specific target organ toxicity – single exposure, category 1;

Group 1 also comprises substances and mixtures contained in pressure equipment with a maximum allowable temperature TS which exceeds the flashpoint of the fluid;

(b) group 2 consisting of substances and mixtures not referred to in point (a).

8.   Where a vessel is composed of a number of chambers, it shall be classified in the highest category applicable to the individual changes. Where a chamber contains several fluids, classification shall be on the basis of the fluid which requires the highest category.] E+W+S