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7.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2)—
(a)every employer shall ensure that any person employed by him does not modify at work the body of a transportable pressure receptacle—
(i)of seamless construction; or
(ii)which has contained acetylene;
(b)every employer shall ensure that any person employed by him does not modify at work the body of any other type of transportable pressure receptacle if that modification would put the transportable pressure receptacle outside the scope of the design standard or design specification to which it was originally constructed; and
(c)a person shall not supply any modified transportable pressure receptacle for use unless following such modification a person approved under paragraph 3(4)(a) has marked or certified the receptacle as being fit for use or, in the case of an EEC-type cylinder, an inspection body referred to in regulation 13(b)(i) has so marked or certified it.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to any modification constituting the remaking of a thread if such modification is carried out in accordance with a standard approved by the Department.
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