The Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999

3.4.    MANUFACTURING

Operating instructions

(a) When pressure equipment is placed on the market, it must be accompanied, as far as relevant, with instructions for the user, containing all the necessary safety information relating to:

• mounting including assembling of different pieces of pressure equipment,

• putting into service,

• use,

• maintenance including checks by the user;

(b) Instructions must cover information affixed to the pressure equipment in accordance with 3.3, with the exception of serial identification, and must be accompanied, where appropriate, by the technical documents, drawings and diagrams necessary for a full understanding of these instructions;

(c) If appropriate, these instructions must also refer to hazards arising from misuse in accordance with 1.3 and particular features of the design in accordance with 2.2.3.