# The Equipment and Protective Systems Intended for Use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 1996 (revoked) S.I. 1996/192 · made 1 February 1996 · revised to 31 December 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Introductory text HEALTH AND SAFETY Made 1st February 1996 Laid before Parliament 5th February 1996 Coming into force 1st March 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: PRELIMINARY ## 1 Citation, commencement, extent and revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: APPLICATION ## 3 Equipment, Protective Systems, Devices and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Excluded equipment, protective systems, devices and components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Exclusion until 30th June 2003 of equipment and protective systems complying with health and safety provisions in force on 23rd March 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ## 6 General duty relating to the placing on the market of equipment, protective systems or devices by a responsible person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 General duty relating to the supply of equipment, protective systems or devices by a person other than the responsible person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 General duty relating to the placing on the market of components by a responsible person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Exceptions to placing on the market in respect of certain equipment, protective systems, devices and components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Conformity assessment procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Notified bodies appointed by the Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Supplementary provisions ## 14 Conditions for equipment, protective systems, devices and components being taken to comply with the provisions of the ATEX Directive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: ENFORCEMENT ## 15 Application of Schedule 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Defence of due diligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Liability of persons other than the principal offender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Amendment and disapplication of law in Great Britain ## 20 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Consequential amendment of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 REVOCATION OF REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: THE CE MARKING AND OTHER INSCRIPTIONS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF EQUIPMENT AND PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS INTENDED FOR USE IN POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES ## A Preliminary observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Preliminary observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 COMMON REQUIREMENTS FOR EQUIPMENT AND PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS IN RESPECT OF EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS IN RESPECT OF PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: (Annex I of the ATEX Directive: references in this Annex to Annex II are refernces to the Essential Health and Safety Requirements set out in Schedule 3) ## 1 Equipment-group I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Equipment-group II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 EXCLUDED EQUIPMENT, PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS AND DEVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: (Annex III of the ATEX Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7: (Annex IV of the ATEX Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: (Annex V of the ATEX Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Verification by examination and testing of each piece of equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9: (Annex VI of the ATEX Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 10: (Annex VII of the ATEX Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Quality system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 11: (Annex VIII of the ATEX Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 12: (Annex IX of the ATEX Directive) ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 13 (Part B of Annex X of the ATEX Directive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 14: ENFORCEMENT ## 1 Enforcement in relation to relevant products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Forfeiture: England and Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Forfeiture: Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Duty of Executive or the Office for Nuclear Regulation to inform Secretary of State of action taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 15: DISAPPLICATION OF SPECIFIC MINING REGULATIONS ## I (Made under the Mines and Quarries Act 1954) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## II (Made under the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 and the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## III Made under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/192 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/equipment-and-protective-systems-intended-for-use-in-potentially-explosive-atmospheres-regulations-1996-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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