S.L. 427.30 Art. 1Citation and scope. S.L. 427.29

(1) The title of these regulations is the Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations.

(2) These regulations transpose Directive 2010/35/EU and lay down rules concerning transportable pressure equipment to enhance safety and ensure free movement of such equipment within the Union.

(3) EEC pattern approval certificates for transportable pressure equipment issued pursuant to Schedules V, VI or VII to the Common Provisions for Pressure Vessels and Inspection Methods † Regulations 2002, and EC design-examination certificates issued pursuant to the Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations, 2002,‡ shall be recognised as equivalent to the type approval certificates referred to in the Annexes to Directive 2008/68/EC and shall be subject to the provisions on time-limited recognition of type approvals set out in those Annexes.

(4) Valves and accessories referred to in regulation 5.3 of the ‡ Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations, 2002 and marked with the mark of the Pressure Equipment Regulations, according to regulation 5.4 of the Transportable Pressure Equipment ‡ Regulations, 2002 may still be used.