Periodic inspection and repeated use
41.—(1) The owner of transportable pressure equipment shall ensure that the equipment is—
(a)periodically inspected in accordance with all relevant procedures in Schedule 7 to ensure that that equipment continues to meet the relevant requirements in regulations 21(7) and (8) and 22 and of the Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999 in relation to which they have been assessed or reassessed for conformity in accordance with this Part; and
(b)used at work in accordance with the relevant requirements of regulations 18 and 19.
(2) Any person who carries out a periodic inspection of transportable pressure equipment shall ensure that—
(a)the inspection complies with the relevant requirements of Schedule 7;
(b)at the end of the inspection, the equipment is marked with—
(i)the identification number of the relevant notified body or approved body;
(ii)where required by Schedule 7, the date of the inspection; and
(iii)in the case of EEC-type cylinders undergoing their first periodic inspection, the conformity marking.
(3) Any technical documentation or other information required to be retained under a periodic inspection procedure shall be retained by the person specified in that procedure for any period specified in that procedure.