Pursuant to Regulation 5 of the Health and Safety in Employment (Pressure Equipment, Cranes, and Passenger Ropeways) Regulations 1999, I, Christopher John Thornborough, in exercise of powers delegated to me by WorkSafe New Zealand, hereby give notice that an exemption is granted to Plant and Platform Ltd from those duties of the PECPR Regulations, which require pressure equipment to be design verified by a recognised inspection body.

This exemption applies only to pressure piping and pressure vessels with AS 4343 Hazard Levels C, D, and E.

This exemption is subject to the following conditions:

1. Plant & Platform Consultants Ltd shall retain its quality management system’s ISO 9001 accreditation.
2. Plant & Platform Consultants Ltd shall ensure that WorkSafe are provided and maintained with a current copy of its ISO 9001 accreditation certificate and scope at all times. Any changes to the scope of accreditation that may affect this exemption are considered to be significant changes that must be notified to WorkSafe as soon as the changes take effect.
3. This exemption is limited to pressure vessels and pressure piping designed by Plant & Platform Consultants Ltd and does not include transportable pressure vessels and boilers.
4. Plant & Platform Consultants Ltd design verifiers must hold a current appropriate certificate of competence by Engineering New Zealand for the type of equipment subject to design verification.
5. Plant & Platform Consultants Ltd design verifiers must not have participated in the design of the item under design verification.
6. Design verification work must be performed and documented in accordance with the requirements of the relevant standards, the Approved Code of Practice for Pressure Equipment (Excluding Boilers), and Plant & Platform Consultants Ltd’s quality management system.
7. Copies of all design verification documentation must be given to the equipment owner and be made available for perusal by the recognised inspection body responsible for certifying the equipment for service.
8. Certificates of design verification shall contain all requirements of PECPR regulation 31, except:
   1. 31(1)(c) in which the name of the inspection body is to be replaced by the words “In-house by Plant & Platform Consultants Ltd under exemption”; and
   2. 31(2)(b).
9. This exemption shall remain in force for a period of five years, provided all conditions continue to be satisfied, and unless cancelled in writing. Application for continued exemption will be required on or before 20 September 2029.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of September 2024.

CHRISTOPHER JOHN THORNBOROUGH, Manager Authorisations, Authorisations and Advisory, Operations.