# The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1996, Regulation 14: Amendment of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1994


In paragraph (2) of regulation 14—
(a) after “vessel”, there shall be inserted “(other than a re-fillable cylinder or a cylinder or cartridge designed to be disposed of when empty)”; and
(b) sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be deleted and the following substituted—
“(a) there is a regulator installed which controls the nominal operating pressure of the gas;
(b) there is adequate automatic means for preventing the installation pipework and gas fittings downstream of the regulator from being subjected to a pressure different from that for which they were designed; and
(c) there is an adequate alternative automatic means for preventing the service pipework from being subjected to a greater pressure than that for which it was designed should the regulator referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above fail.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/550/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gas-safety-installation-and-use-amendment-regulations-1996/regulation-14
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