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3.—(1) A person shall not supply or import a transportable pressure receptacle unless the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (3)(a) or (b) have been met.
(2) A person who fills a transportable pressure receptacle shall ensure, before doing so and so far as is reasonably practicable, that the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (3)(a) or (b) have been met.
(3) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) are—
(a)the receptacle has been verified in accordance with sub-paragraph (4) (either by a certificate in writing or by means of stamping on the receptacle) as conforming to a design standard or design specification approved by the Department;
(b)the receptacle is an EEC-type cylinder.
(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(a) a receptacle shall be verified—
(a)by a person approved by the Department under this sub-paragraph (and for this purpose, any approval given under regulation 16(2)(a)(i) of the Pressure Systems and Transportable Gas Containers Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991, as in operation immediately before the commencement of these Regulations, shall be deemed, subject to sub-paragraph (5), to be an approval under this sub-paragraph but shall remain subject to any conditions attached to it, and to the expiry date specified therein); or
(b)in accordance with a quality assurance scheme approved by the Department.
(5) Any approval under the Regulations referred to in sub-paragraph (4)(a) which has not expired on 31st December 1998 shall cease to have effect on that date.
(6) The provisions of regulations 15(2) to (5) shall apply in relation to any person approved under sub-paragraph (4)(a) as if that person were approved under regulation 15(1)(a).
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