Regulation 5 Approval of containers—either by design type or individuallyI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

An approval (whether relating to a design type or to an individual container) is, for the purposes of these Regulations, valid only if—

(a)

it has been issued—

(i)

by the Executive;

(ii)

by a person or organisation appointed for the time being by the Executive in accordance with paragraph (2);

(iii)

by the Health and Safety Executive or by a person or organisation appointed by the Health and Safety Executive in accordance with regulation 5 of the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 2017^f1; or

(iv)

by or under the authority of a Government which has ratified, accepted, approved or acceded to the Convention; and

(b)

it has not been withdrawn in writing by—

(i)

the person or organisation who issued the approval; or

(ii)

the Executive, whether or not it was issued by the Executive.

(2)

An appointment by the Executive for the purpose of issuing approvals under paragraph (1)(a)(ii) shall be in writing and may be—

(a)

for a specified period;

(b)

subject to conditions; and

(c)

varied or revoked at any time by the Executive in writing.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 5 in operation at 9.6.2025, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2017/325