Amendment to the principal Regulations
2.—(1) The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 2(1) in the definition of “the Gassy Mines Directive” there shall be inserted at the end “, and as amended by Commission Directive No. 91/269/EEC (OJ No. L134, 29.5.91, p. 51)”.
(3) After regulation 11 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following new Regulation:—
“Transitional provisions
12.—(1) On or after the coming into force of the amending regulations, a manufacturer of electrical equipment to which the Gassy Mines Directive applies may apply to a certification body (which has been appointed for the purpose set out in regulation 3(1)(a) of the principal regulations in respect of the electrical equipment for which the application is made) for issue of a certificate of conformity before 1st January 1993 attesting that the equipment which is the subject of the application conforms to the harmonised standards prescribed in the principal regulations ; and in that case the provisions of the principal regulations, as appropriate, shall apply as if the application had been made under regulation 4 of the principal regulations.
(2) A certificate of conformity (issued by virtue of the principal regulations before the amending regulations came into force or before 1st January 1993 by virtue of paragraph (1)) attesting that electrical equiment to which the Gassy Mines Directive applies conforms to the Harmonised standards prescribed in the principal regulations shall remain in force until 31st December 2009.
(3) In this regulation—
(a)“the amending regulations” means the Electrical Equipment for Explosive Atmospheres (Certification) (amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991 No. 2570);
(b)“the principal regulations” means the Electrical Equipment for Explosive Atmospheres (Certification) Regulations 1990 as in force immediately before the amending regulations came into force.”.