UK Statutory Instrument
2000
United Kingdom
The Pressure Systems Safety Regulations 2000
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Schedules
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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 6(3)(b) of the...
A working chamber, tunnel, manlock or an airlock within which...
A tank or an old tank within the meaning of...
(a) This paragraph applies where a person supplies an installed...
Where a person supplies a pressure system to another (“the...
Section 6(9) of the 1974 Act 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.
Browse 22 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation and commencement
A pressure system which forms part of the equipment of–...
Interpretation
A pressure system which forms part of, or is intended...
Application and duties
A pressure system which forms part of any braking, control...
Design and construction
Provision of information and marking
Installation
Safe operating limits
Written scheme of examination
Examination in accordance with the written scheme
Action in case of imminent danger
Operation
Maintenance
Modification and repair
Keeping of records, etc.
Precautions to prevent pressurisation of certain vessels
Defence
Power to grant exemptions
Repeals and revocations
Transitional provision
Enforcement and responsible bodies
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Health and Safety Executive
Workplace health, safety, and welfare regulation across all industries. Enforces the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and related regulations. Investigates …
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