These Regulations may be cited as the Pressure Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st June 2015.
S.I. 2015/399
The Pressure Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2015
These Regulations amend the Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999 (S.I.1999/ 2001) (“the 1999 Regulations”). The 1999 Regulations implement Directive 97/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning pressure equipment (OJ No. L 181, 9.7.1997, p.1) (“the 1997 Directive”). The 1997 Directive will be replaced by Directive 2014/68/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15th May 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment (recast) (OJ No L 189, 27.6.2014, p164) (“the 2014 Directive”).
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Regulation 2(2) of the Pressure Equipment Regulations 1999 is amended as follows.
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;
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;
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