Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
2004
Northern Ireland
Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004
At a glance
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What's here
5 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Employer 2
- Any Person 1
- Manufacturer 1
- Landlord 1
Other Acts binding the same actors
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Employers also bound by 694 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 2003 236 duties
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 1998 120 duties
- TULRCA 1992 1992 72 duties
- Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 1996 52 duties
- Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 2003 50 duties
Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
Manufacturers also bound by 472 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 2016 91 duties
- Lifts Regulations 2016 2016 70 duties
- The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information Regulations 2021 2021 70 duties
- Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016 2016 67 duties
- Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015 2015 64 duties
Landlords also bound by 216 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 2016 74 duties
- Housing Act 1985 1985 53 duties
- Housing Act 1996 1996 30 duties
- The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003 2003 27 duties
- The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2004 2004 26 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Part I — INTRODUCTION
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Interpretation
Application and duties
Part II — GENERAL
Provision of information and marking
- Provide design, construction and maintenance info for pressure systems Manufacturer
Installation
- Ensure safe installation of pressure systems by employees Employer
Operation
- Provide safe operating instructions and ensure system operated accordingly Landlord
Modification and repair
- Ensure modifications and repairs to pressure systems do not create danger Employer
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Design and construction
Safe operating limits
Written scheme of examination
Examination in accordance with the written scheme
Action in case of imminent danger
Maintenance
Keeping of records, etc.
Precautions to prevent pressurisation of certain vessels
Part III — MISCELLANEOUS
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Defence
Power to grant exemptions
Repeals and revocations
Transitional provision
Schedules
(a) This paragraph applies where a person supplies an installed...
- Discharge user duties for installed pressure systems supplied on lease or hire Any Person
Browse 37 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Any pressure system being carried in a vehicle if the...
Any pressure system being carried in a vehicle if the...
Any pressure system being carried in a vehicle if the...
Any pressure system being carried in a vehicle if the...
Any pressure system which is carried, or stored as goods...
Any pressure system comprising a gas propulsion or a gas...
Any water cooling system on an internal combustion engine or...
Any tyre used or intended to be used on a...
Any vapour compression refrigeration system incorporating compressor drive motors, including...
A mobile system of the type known as a slurry...
Prime movers including turbines.
Any pressure system which is an electrical or telecommunications cable....
Any pressure system containing sulphur hexafluoride gas and forming an...
Any pressure system consisting of a water filled fluid coupling...
Any portable fire extinguisher with a working pressure below 25...
Any part of a tool or appliance designed to be...
That part of a system which is only a pressure...
Any pipeline and its protective devices in which the pressure...
Any pressure system or part thereof which –
Any plant or equipment required by regulation 5(1)(d) of the...
A working chamber, tunnel, manlock or an airlock within which...
A tank to which the Carriage of Dangerous Goods By...
Where a person supplies a pressure system to another (“the...
Article 7(9) of the 1978 Order and the Health and...
The manufacturer’s name.
A serial number to identify the vessel.
The date of manufacture of the vessel.
The standard to which the vessel was built.
The maximum allowable pressure of the vessel.
The minimum allowable pressure of the vessel where it is...
The design temperature.
Interpretation
Offshore installations
Wells
Pipelines
Mines
Other activities
Other sections — not classified into a Part
These sections sit outside the numbered Parts — usually provisions added or moved by later amendments.
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Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
Promotes and enforces health and safety at work standards in Northern Ireland. NI equivalent of HSE with similar enforcement powers under local …
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