This is a general guide to the Health and Safety in Employment (Pressure Equipment, Cranes, and Passenger Ropeways) Regulations, (PECPR Regulations). These regulations came into effect in June 1999. This guide is a summary of the main features of the regulations and is not a substitute for the regulations themselves.

Table of Contents

• About this guide
• Equipment covered by the PECPR Regulations 1999
  • Pressure equipment
  • Cranes
  • Passenger ropeways
• Who has duties under the regulations?
• Requirements of the regulations on equipment
• Exemptions from the requirements of the regulations
• Legal background
  • The health and safety in employment legislation
• Quality management system
• Duties of equipment controllers in relation to the equipment
• Duties of employees in relation to the equipment
  • Incident investigation
• Duties of equipment designers
  • Information to be supplied to equipment manufacturers
• Duties of equipment manufacturers
• Duties of equipment suppliers
• Inspection bodies
  • Design verifiers
  • Equipment inspectors
• Qualification issuing agencies
• Want to know more?