These Regulations amend the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 299 of 2007 ) as previously amended by the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 732 of 2007 ) and the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application)(Amendment) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 176 of 2010) by inserting a new Part 10 and Schedule 12 to the Regulations relating to Pressure Systems.
The new Part 10 and Schedule 12 set out the requirements for the design, construction, safe operation, examination and testing of pressure equipment. They also provide for the maintaining of records of tests and examinations of such equipment. These provisions apply to all workplaces, in all industry sectors, that utilise pressure systems as part of their operations.
These Regulations revoke and replace 7 individual sets of Regulations-
(a) Factories (Preparation of Steam Boilers for Examination) Regulations 1956 ( S.I. No. 174 of 1956 ),
(b) Factories (Report of Examination of Steam Boiler) Regulations 1956 ( S.I. No. 183 of 1956 ),
(c) Factories (Report of Examination of Steam Receivers) Regulations 1956 ( S.I. No. 184 of 1956 ),
(d) Factories (Report of Examination of Air Receivers) Regulations 1956 ( S.I. No. 185 of 1956 ),
(e) Factories (Report of Examination of Air Receivers) (Amendment) Regulations 1978 ( S.I. No. 357 of 1978 ),
(f) Factories (Report of Examination of Steam Receivers) (Amendment) Regulations 1978 ( S.I. No. 358 of 1978 ), and
(g) Factories (Report of Examination of Steam Boiler) (Amendment) Regulations 1978 ( S.I. No. 359 of 1978 ).]
They came into operation from 1st January 2013.
