The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Reassessment of conformityN.I.

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17.—(1) This regulation applies to transportable pressure equipment within the scope of the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive by virtue of article 1(2)[F1(c)] of that Directive.

(2) Equipment may be reassessed for conformity in accordance with this regulation.

(3) The equipment shall be—

(a)reassessed by a [F2type A] notified body in accordance with the procedure set out in [F3Annex III] to the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive; and

[F4(b)inspected by a notified body notified for periodic inspection of that equipment and marked in accordance with the requirements of articles 14 and 15 of that Directive.]

[F5(4) But if a pressure receptacle has been manufactured in series to a design type for which a type A notified body notified for reassessment of conformity has issued a certificate of type reassessment, the reassessment of conformity may be undertaken by a notified body notified for periodic inspection of that pressure receptacle.]

[F6(5) In this regulation—

(a)“certificate of type reassessment” means a certificate issued in accordance with paragraph 7 of Annex III to the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive; and

(b)“type A notified body” means a notified body conforming to standard EN ISO/IEC 17020 type A as revised or reissued from time to time.]