{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pressure-equipment-safety-regulations-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-33",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1105",
  "legislation_title": "The Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pressure-equipment-safety-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/33",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Fired or otherwise heated pressure equipment with a risk of overheating as referred to in regulation 6",
  "text": "(1) The requirements in sub-paragraph (2) apply to fired or otherwise heated pressure equipment with a risk of overheating as referred to in regulation 6, including—\n(a) steam and hot-water generators as referred to in regulation 6(b), such as fired steam and hot-water boilers, superheaters and reheaters, waste-heat boilers, waste incineration boilers, electrode or immersion-type electrically heated boilers, pressure cookers, together with their accessories and where applicable their systems for treatment of feedwater and for fuel supply;\n(b) process-heating equipment for other than steam and hot water generation falling under regulation 6(a), such as heaters for chemical and other similar processes and pressurised food-processing equipment.\n(2) Pressure equipment of the type referred to in sub-paragraph (1) must be calculated, designed and constructed so as to avoid or minimise risks of a significant loss of containment from overheating; in particular it must be ensured, where applicable, that—\n(a) appropriate means of protection are provided to restrict operating parameters such as heat input, heat take- off and, where applicable, fluid level so as to avoid any risk of local and general overheating;\n(b) sampling points are provided where required to allow evaluation of the properties of the fluid so as to avoid risks related to deposits and/or corrosion;\n(c) adequate provisions are made to eliminate risks of damage from deposits;\n(d) means of safe removal of residual heat after shutdown are provided;\n(e) steps are taken to avoid a dangerous accumulation of ignitable mixtures of combustible substances and air, or flame blowback.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/40",
      "affecting_title": "The Treatment of Conformity Assessment Bodies (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of India) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1105/schedule/2/paragraph/33",
    "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."
}