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Carriage of Dangerous Goods (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) and Use of Transportable Pressure Receptacles Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

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4.—(1) From 1st January 1999, the owner of a transportable pressure receptacle shall, for the purpose of determining whether it is safe, ensure that the receptacle has been examined and tested by an approved person in accordance with the appropriate examination and testing requirements of the Approved Requirements.

(2) Until 1st January 1999, the owner of a transportable pressure receptacle shall ensure, for the purpose of determining whether it is safe, that the receptacle is examined at appropriate intervals by a competent person.

(3) Where an approved person or competent person undertakes an examination for the purposes of this paragraph, he shall carry out that examination properly, and if, on completing the examination, he is satisfied that the receptacle is safe, he shall ensure that there is affixed to the receptacle a mark showing the date of the examination.

(4) A person shall not affix to a transportable pressure receptacle the mark referred to in sub-paragraph (3) unless he is an approved person or a competent person or a person authorised by such a person.

(5) A person shall not affix to a transportable pressure receptacle a mark liable to be confused with the mark referred to in sub-paragraph (3).

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