GB · Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/1105
Pressure equipment safety in Great Britain
Identify the market and product category first. Each dossier separates legal duties, referenced standards, evidence and the comparison needed for an award.
Product Scope
Covered pressure equipment and assemblies with PS above 0.5 bar, with category boundaries, exclusions and sound-engineering-practice cases. In-service pressure-system duties are separate from placing equipment on the market.
Requirements
Classify using equipment type, fluid group, pressure, volume/nominal size and the applicable tables. Establish safe design, materials, permanent joining, inspection and final tests. Use the chosen UKCA or recognised CE route and the corresponding conformity module; lower-threshold equipment must not be incorrectly UKCA/CE marked under this legislation.
Required Evidence
Provide design and fatigue calculations, material and welding qualifications, NDT, pressure tests and instructions, declaration and required body documents. Verify the UK approved body or recognised third-party organisation for its exact pressure-equipment task; NI uses the applicable EU-based arrangements.
Comparison for the Awards
Pressure margins require the same temperature, fluid, fatigue assumptions and declared operating envelope. A higher proof or burst test alone cannot authorise a higher operating pressure or prove all essential safety requirements are exceeded.
Version & Transition
Use amended GB Regulations and current designated/recognised standard references. NI, transportable pressure equipment and workplace pressure-system inspection have distinct legal routes.
Official Sources
Applicability depends on the product classification, intended use, configuration and actual sales territory. Manufacturing, placing-on-the-market and testing dates, together with transition provisions, are checked as required by each applicable rule. The directory identifies sources; it does not replace assessment of the specific model. Standards are identified by reference, and their authoritative texts remain with the issuing bodies. Official source documents retain their original language.