The Pressure Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/399
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Pressure Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st June 2015.

Section 2 Amendment of the Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999

Regulation 2(2) of the Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999 is amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendment of the Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999

For the definition of “fluid in Group 1” substitute the following definition—

“fluid in Group 1” means—

a substance or mixture—

as defined in Article 2(7) and (8) respectively of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (“the CLP Regulation”); and

that is classified as hazardous in accordance with the following physical or health hazard classes laid down in Parts 2 and 3 of Annex I to the CLP Regulation—

unstable explosives or explosives of Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5;

flammable gases, categories 1 and 2;

oxidising gases, category 1;

flammable liquids, categories 1 and 2;

flammable liquids, category 3 where the maximum allowable temperature is above the flashpoint;

flammable solids, categories 1 and 2;

self-reactive substances and mixtures, types A to F;

pyrophoric liquids category 1;

pyrophoric solids, category 1;

substances and mixtures which in contact with water emit flammable gases, categories 1, 2 and 3;

oxidising liquids, categories 1, 2 and 3;

oxidising solids, categories 1, 2 and 3;

organic peroxides, types A to F;

acute oral toxicity, categories 1 and 2;

acute dermal toxicity, categories 1 and 2;

acute inhalation toxicity, categories 1, 2 and 3;

specific target organ toxicity – single exposure, category 1; or

a substance or mixture contained in pressure equipment with a maximum allowable temperature TS which exceeds the flashpoint of the fluid;

Section 4 Amendment of the Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999

For the definition of “fluid in Group 2” substitute the following definition—

“fluid in Group 2” means a substance or mixture which is not a substance or mixture within the definition of a fluid in Group 1;