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GOVERNMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR No. R. ……….. ……………. 2009 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT, 1993 PRESSURE EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS The Minister of Labour has, under section 43 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993), after consultation with the Advisory Council for Occupational Health and Safety and the Minister of Finance, made the regulations in the Schedule. SCHEDULE Definitions 1. In these Regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have the meaning so assigned and, unless the context otherwise indicates ─ accreditation authority means the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) established by section 3 of the Accreditation for Conformity Assessment, Calibration and Good Laboratory Practice Act, 2006 (Act No. 19 of 2006); appliance means an appliance as defined in SANS 1539; ASME means the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; authorised person means a person who is registered as competent within the scope of work for which an organisation approved by the chief inspector has registered that person; certificate means a written declaration of conformance to these Regulations; construction includes materials, design, fabrication, modification, repair, installation, examination, inspection, testing and certification; dangerous substance means a substance defined and classified as such in terms of SANS 10228; design pressure means the gauge pressure used in the design formulae to determine the dimensions of the component parts of the pressure equipment; design temperature means the temperature used in the design formulae to determine the dimensions of the component parts of the pressure equipment; design verification means verification that the pressure equipment complies with the applied design of the relevant health and safety standard and the requirements of these Regulations; fire extinguisher means a rechargeable cont