Certain types of pressure equipment require design registration under regulation 243.
The following are items of plant listed in Schedule 5 Division 1 as plant requiring registration of design in the WHS General Regulations.
- Pressure equipment, other than pressure piping, and categorised as hazard level A, B, C or D according to the criteria in Section 2.1 of AS 4343:2014 Pressure equipment — Hazard levels.
- Gas cylinders covered by Section 1 of AS 2030.1:2009 Gas cylinders — General requirements.
The application for design registration for pressure equipment the design must demonstrate that the design either comply with published technical standards or engineering principles. The application must include representational drawings of the plant.
Compliance with the Australian Standards for Pressure Equipment (AS/NZS 1200) is not legislated, however is considered reasonably practicable. Alternatively, recognised international industry standards may be utilised (eg ASME, AS, EN). However, the standard should be used in its entirety (ie designers should not “cherry-pick” elements of standards).
If engineering principles are used for the design application, records need to be retained in accordance with Regulation 229.
Section 42 of the WHS Act requires the plant is not used at a workplace if the plant or its design not authorised in accordance with the regulations.
See Registration of an item of plant for more information.