The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008

The Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999

3.  In the Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999(1)—

(a) for regulation 2(1)(b) there shall be substituted the following—

“(b) except for the reference to the European Communities in the definition of “the Commission” and in relation to the Official Journal, a reference to the Community includes a reference to the European Economic Area, and a reference to a member State includes a reference to an EEA state which is not a member State; and”;

(b) for regulation 2(4) there shall be substituted—

“(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, an item of pressure equipment or an assembly which is made available for the first time in the Community, whether for reward or free of charge, shall not be regarded as having been placed on the market if, prior to its being made so available, it has been used otherwise than in the course of business at all times since its manufacture or import.”; and

(c) for the first indent in paragraph 6 of Schedule 1, there shall be substituted—

• “Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC;”.

(1)

S.I. 1999/2001, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.