(1) Without prejudice to Regulation 30 an employer shall ensure when pressure equipment or a pressure system is installed for the first time at a location that -
(a) in the case of new fixed pressure equipment or a pressure system -
(i) it is inspected by a competent person and, where appropriate, safety devices are tested, prior to first commission, and
(ii) in the case of pressure vessels, a certificate of commissioning and where appropriate test, by the competent person specifying the safe operating limits has been obtained,
(b) in the case of previously used fixed pressure equipment or a pressure system being installed at a new location, it is inspected and any vessel is examined in accordance with paragraph (3),
(c) in the case of a portable or transportable vessel, it has been examined in accordance with paragraph (3) unless it can be shown that the equipment has been in service from new for a period shorter than that to the first periodic examination as determined under paragrap
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