The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Amendments to the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

12.—(1) The Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(1) shall be amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) for the definition of “the CDGCPL(NI) Regulations” there shall be substituted the following definition—

““the Carriage Regulations” means the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(2);”;

(b) after the definition of “mobile system” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““old pressure receptacle” has the meaning in regulation 2(1) of the Carriage Regulations which shall apply as if the receptacle were being carried by road;”;

(c) after the definition of “pipework” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““pressure receptacle” has the meaning in regulation 2(1) of the Carriage Regulations, except that it includes any permanent fitting to a pressure receptacle, and regulation 2(1) shall apply as if the receptacle were being carried by road;”;

(d) in the definition of “pressure system”—

(i) in sub-paragraph (b) for “transportable pressure receptacle” there shall be substituted “pressure receptacle, an old pressure receptacle or transportable pressure equipment”; and

(ii) for “transportable pressure receptacle or a transportable pressure vessel” there shall be substituted “pressure receptacle, an old pressure receptacle or transportable pressure equipment”;

(e) the definition of “transportable pressure receptacle” shall be omitted; and

(f) for the definition of “transportable pressure vessel” there shall be substituted the following definition—

““transportable pressure equipment” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Carriage Regulations except that it shall exclude a tank within the meaning of those Regulations;”.

(3) In Part I of Schedule 1 (pressure systems excepted from all regulations)—

(a) for paragraph 9 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“9.   A tank or an old tank within the meaning of the Carriage Regulations.”; and

(b) for paragraph 13 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“13.   Any pressure system being carried in a vehicle if the vehicle is—

(a) engaged in an international transport operation within the meaning of Article 1(c) of ADR; and

(b) under the control of or owned by the armed forces within the meaning of the Carriage Regulations where the armed forces are those of a country which is a contracting party to ADR.”.

(4) In paragraph 3(a) of Part II of Schedule 1 (pressure systems excepted from certain regulations)—

(a) after “dangerous goods” there shall be inserted “by road”;

(b) for “Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997” there shall be substituted “Carriage Regulations”; and

(c) for “paragraph 1 of Schedule 2” there shall be substituted “regulation 4(1) of the Carriage Regulations”.

(1)

S.R. 2004 No. 222

(2)

S.R. 2006 No. 173