The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004

(This Schedule substantially reproduces the provisions of Part II of Annex IV to the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive)

1.  This procedure describes the method for ensuring that transportable pressure equipment placed on the market for reassessment of conformity complies with the relevant requirements of Part 4 of these Regulations.

2.  The owner must make available to a notified body information regarding transportable pressure equipment placed on the market which enables that body to identify the equipment’s precise origin, design rules and, for acetylene cylinders, also details of the porous mass. The owner must, where appropriate, notify any prescribed restrictions of use, and forward any notes on possible damage or repairs which have been carried out.

The notified body must also check that valves and other accessories having a direct safety function ensure a level of safety in accordance with the requirements of regulation 40(3) and (4).

3.  The notified body must check whether transportable pressure equipment which has been placed on the market conforms to the requirements referred to in regulation 40. The check must be carried out on the basis of documents produced in accordance with paragraph 2 and, where appropriate, of further inspections.

4.  If the results of the above checks are satisfactory, the transportable pressure equipment must be subject to the periodic inspection provided for in Schedule 7.

5.  For equipment manufactured in series, including their valves and other accessories used for transport by road or by rail, the relevant conformity reassessment operations relating to individual inspections of equipment, as indicated in paragraphs 3 and 4, may be carried out by an approved body provided that a notified body has previously carried out the relevant conformity reassessment operations indicated in paragraph 3.