{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pressure-equipment-safety-regulations-2016/regulation-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pressure-equipment-safety-regulations-2016/regulation-42.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1105",
  "legislation_title": "The Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pressure-equipment-safety-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/42",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The manufacturer must follow one of the following conformity assessment procedures referred to in Schedule 1A to these Regulations according to the category in which the equipment is classified—\n(a) Category I: Module A;\n(b) Category II: Module A2; or, at the choice of the manufacturer, Module D1; or Module E1;\n(c) Category III: Modules B (design type) + D; or, at the choice of the manufacturer, Modules B (design type) + F; or Modules B (production type) + E; or Modules B (production type) + C2; or Module H;\n(d) Category IV: Modules B (production type) + D; or, at the choice of the manufacturer, Modules B (production type) + F; or Module G; or Module H1.\n(2) The manufacturer may also choose to apply one of the procedures which apply to a higher category, if available.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 42(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 24 para. 27 (with Sch. 24 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1105/regulation/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:18:08.933092+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}