# The Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016, Regulation 40: Presumption of conformity

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Pressure equipment or an assembly which is in conformity with a designated standard (or part of such a standard) ... is to be presumed to be in conformity with the essential safety requirements covered by that standard (or that part of that standard).
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(3) The presumption in paragraph (1) is rebuttable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1105/regulation/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pressure-equipment-safety-regulations-2016/regulation-40
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