Gas Containers

HC Deb 30 April 1990 vol 171 cc444-5W

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the improved health and safety to the public and workers expected to accrue from the recently introduced pressure systems and transportable gas containers regulations; and what information is being made available, in what numbers, and to whom, arising from these regulations.

Mr. Nicholls

The following information is generally available on the regulations: The Pressure Systems and Transportable Gas Containers Regulations 1989: (S.I. 1989 No. 2169), HMSO, ISBN 0 11 098169 3, £3.40, (11,000 copies printed). Safety of Pressure Systems: Approved Code of Practice, COP 37, HMSO, ISBN 0 11 885514 X, £4.50, (6,000 copies printed and a further 10,000 copies are currently being printed). Safety of Transportable Gas Containers: Approved Code of Practice, COP 38, HMSO, ISBN 0 11 885515 8, £4.00, (9,700 copies printed). A Guide to the Pressure Systems and Transportable Gas Containers Regulations 1989: HS(R) 30, HMSO, ISBN 0 11 885516 6, £4.50, (10,000 copies printed). Safe Pressure Systems: IND(S)27(L), free (50,000 copies printed).

A further free leaflet will be available later in the year giving guidance on competent persons as defined in the regulations. Copies of the free leaflets are available on request from any of the following Health and Safety Executive public inquiry points: Broad Lane, Sheffield, S3 7HQ Telephone: [phone] St. Hugh's House, Stanley Precinct, Trinity Road, Bootle, Merseyside L20 3QY Telephone: [phone] Baynards House, 1 Chepstow Place, Westbourne Grove, London W2 4TF Telephone: [phone]

The other publications are obtainable through booksellers or from HMSO publications centre, PO Box 276, London SW8 5DT (Telephone: [phone]).

The regulations are to be introduced over the next four years and it is therefore too early to assess their impact.