The Compressed Acetylene (Importation) Regulations 1978

• Citation: S.I. 1978/1723
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Compressed Acetylene (Importation) Regulations 1978 and shall come into operation on 6th December 1978.

(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Section 1A

These Regulations shall not apply to any transportable pressure equipment which complies with the provisions of Part 4 of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2007 .

Section 2 Importation of compressed acetylene

(1) The provisions of section 40(9)(a) to (e) of the Explosives Act 1875 (“the 1875 Act”) (which relate to the importation of explosives under licence) shall apply to the importation into the United Kingdom of acetylene which, at a temperature of 15.5° Celsius, is subject to a pressure exceeding 0.62 bar but not exceeding 18.0 bar above Normal atmospheric pressure; and any reference in those provisions to an explosive shall be deemed to include any such acetylene.

(2) A fee of £14 shall be payable to the Health and Safety Executive on the issue of each licence granted by virtue of paragraph (1) of this Regulation.

(3) This Regulation, except in its application of section 40(9)(d) and (e) of the 1875 Act (which relate to enforcement) to the importation of acetylene, applies to the Crown.

Section 3 Modification of Order in Council No. 30 dated 2nd February 1937

Order in Council No. 30 dated 2nd February 1937, as amended shall not apply to the importation of any acetylene under a licence issued by virtue of Regulation 2(1) of these Regulations; and where, but for the following provisions of this Regulation, the said Order in Council would have applied to any acetylene which has been imported under such a licence, that Order in Council shall not apply to that acetylene whilst it remains in the cylinder in which it was imported.