This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

Words in reg. 21(1) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 21 para. 15(a) (with Sch. 21 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Reg. 21(1A) inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 21 para. 15(b) (with Sch. 21 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and S.I. 2019/1246, regs. 1(3), 5 and S.I. 2020/1460, reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(f) and S.I. 2020/852, regs. 2(2), 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(j)(iii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Words in reg. 21(1A)(a)(ii) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2022) by The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1393), regs. 1(1), 4, Sch. 3(h)

Words in reg. 21(2) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 21 para. 15(c) (with Sch. 21 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Words in reg. 21(2) substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Pressure Vessels (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/678), reg. 1(b), Sch. 1 para. 3(1)

Reg. 21 modified (temp.) by S.I. 2019/392, reg. 6 (as inserted (10.9.2019) by The Product Safety, Metrology and Mutual Recognition Agreement (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1246), regs. 1(2)(4), 2(3) (with reg. 18))

Reg. 21 modified (temp.) by S.I. 2019/392, reg. 6 (as inserted (10.9.2019) by The Product Safety, Metrology and Mutual Recognition Agreement (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1246), regs. 1(2)(4), 2(3) (with reg. 18))

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1092/regulation/21The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 2016texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseHEALTH AND SAFETYCONSUMER PROTECTION2025-03-17Expert Participation2024-10-01These Regulations transpose Directive 2014/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of member States relating to the making available on the market of simple pressure vessels (recast) (OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p.45) (“the Directive”).PART 2Obligations of economic operatorsImportersInformation identifying importer21.(1)

Before placing a vessel on the market, an importer must indicate on the vessel ...—

(a)

the name, registered trade name or registered trade mark of the importer; and

(b)

a postal address at which the importer can be contacted.

(1A)

Paragraph (1) does not apply where—

(a)

either—

(i)

it is not possible to set out the information referred to in paragraph (1) on the vessel, or

(ii)

the importer has imported the vessel from an EEA state or Switzerland and places it on the market within the period of seven years beginning with IP completion day, and

(b)

before placing the vessel on the market, the importer sets out the information referred to in paragraph (1) in a document accompanying the vessel.

(2)

The contact details referred to in paragraph (1) must be in a language which can be easily understood by end-users and the enforcing authority.

Information identifying importer21.(1)

Before placing a vessel on the market, an importer must indicate on the vessel or, where that is not possible, in a document accompanying the vessel—

(a)

the name, registered trade name or registered trade mark of the importer; and

(b)

a postal address at which the importer can be contacted.

(2)

The contact details referred to in paragraph (1) must be in a language which can be easily understood by end-users and the competent national authority in the relevant state in which it is to be made available to such end-users.