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Document ID (ISN)54563
CIS number 90-1434
ISBN(s) 0-11-098169-3
Year 1989
Convention or series no. Statutory Instruments 1989 No.2169
Title Health and Safety - The Pressure Systems and Transportable Gas Containers Regulations 1989 [United Kingdom]
Bibliographic information HMSO Books, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT, United Kingdom, 1989. 24p. Price: GBP 3.40.
Abstract These regulations impose safety requirements with respect to pressure systems and transportable gas containers which are used or intended to be used at work. The safety requirements include: provision of information; marking of hazards; preparation of a written scheme for periodic safety examinations of equipment and carrying out such examinations; preparation of reports; provision of safety instructions; approval and checking of transportable gas containers. Exceptions to the Regulations are listed in the schedules. Certain sections of the Factories Act 1961 (CIS 89-8) are repealed or modified, while several other Regulations are revoked.
Descriptors (primary) United Kingdom; gas cylinders; pressure vessels and systems
Descriptors (secondary) pressurized gas systems; periodical checks; law
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Mechanical hazards, transport
Browse category(ies) Compressed gases and pressure vessels