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The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 1991

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1991-12-31

These Regulations implement Council Directive 87/404/EEC on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to simple pressure vessels as amended by Council Directive 90/488/EEC.

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The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

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The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 1991

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The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

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The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 1991

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The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

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The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 1991

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The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 1991

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The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

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The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional Provisions, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2015

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The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 1991

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The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional Provisions, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2015

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The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014

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The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014

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The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Amendment and Specification) Order 2003

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The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 2016

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The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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Blanket amendment

The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011

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The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 1991

1Citation and commencement

2Interpretation

3Application

4Safety requirements

5Obligations of manufacturers, suppliers and importers

6Transitional and other exceptions

7Approved bodies

8Fees

9Safety clearance

10EC certificate of adequacy

11EC type-examination certificate

12EC verification certificate

13EC certificate of conformity

14The EC mark

15Retention of documentation

16Special provisions applying to vessels in Category A.2

17Functions of approved bodies in course of EC surveillance

18Report by United Kingdom approved body concerning contraventions

19Enforcement

20Offences

21Power of the court to require matter to be remedied

22Defence of due diligence

23Liability of persons other than the principal offender

24Consequential amendment of United Kingdom law

SCHEDULE 1ESSENTIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

PART 1MATERIALS

1Materials must be selected according to the intended use of...

2Pressurised components

3Steel vessels

4Aluminium vessels

5Welding materials

6Accessories contributing to the strength of the vessel

7Non-pressurised components

PART 2VESSEL DESIGN

8The manufacturer must, when designing the vessel, define the use...

9Wall thickness

Calculation method:

Experimental method:

PART 3MANUFACTURING PROCESSES

10Vessels must be constructed and checked in accordance with the...

11Preparation of the component parts

12Welds on pressurised components

PART 4DEFINITIONS AND SYMBOLS

13Definitions

14Symbols

SCHEDULE 2EC MARK AND INSCRIPTIONS

1The EC mark, and the other inscriptions specified below, must...

2The other inscriptions required are– maximum working pressure in bar...

3If a data plate is used, it must be so...

4The EC mark on a vessel of any series consists...

SCHEDULE 3DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING SCHEDULE

1The design and manufacturing schedule must contain a description of...

2In particular it must comprise– (a) a detailed manufacturing drawing...

3In the case of a schedule relating to two or...

4In the case of a schedule provided pursuant to regulation...

SCHEDULE 4FAMILIES OF VESSELS

SCHEDULE 5ENFORCEMENT

1Enforcement in Great Britian in relation to vessels for use at work

2Enforcement in Northern Ireland in relation to vessels for use at work

3Enforcement in relation to vessels as consumer goods

4Forfeiture: England and Wales and Northern Ireland

5Forfeiture: Scotland

6Duty of enforcement authority to inform Secretary of State of action taken

7Savings

8Nothing in these Regulations shall authorise an enforcement authority to...

9Interpretation

1991 No. 2749

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 1991

Made5th December 1991

Laid before Parliament9th December 1991

Coming into force31st December 1991

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to measures relating to safety as regards simple pressure vessels, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:–