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BCGA issue new Guidance Note 44 – Portable or mobile cylinder gas equipment. Thorough inspection.

01/09/2021 News Publications

This guidance note provides guidance to enable a thorough inspection, which must be carried out on portable or mobile cylinder gas equipment at suitable intervals by a competent independent safety inspector.

New BCGA membership offers support for start-ups in the compressed gases sector

01/09/2021 Press Release

The British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA) has launched a new membership scheme, geared up to the specific needs of start-ups in the compressed gases sector.

DfT Consultation on the conformity assessment and marking requirements for transportable pressure equipment

12/08/2021 News

The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has concluded its consultation and published a summary of the responses they received.

BCGA issue Revision to Safety Alert 01 – The hazards of using incompatible regulators with acetylene

09/08/2021 Publications

Incidents have occurred where unsuitable regulators have been used with acetylene gas.

BCGA issue revision to Leaflet 1 – The carriage of small quantities of gas cylinders

04/08/2021 Publications

Highlights the legal and basic safety requirements for transporting small quantities of gas cylinders on a vehicle whilst at work and provides sound advice if transporting gas cylinders for personal use.

Trade body offers support for self-isolation exemption process

02/08/2021 Press Release

The British Compressed Gases Association has issued guidance to its members on the government's self-isolation exemption application process.

BCGA issue new Leaflet 21 – Cryogenic installations. Managing ice build-up

21/07/2021 Publications

This leaflet outlines the problems associated with an increasing quantity of ice formation within a cryogenic installation and provides a methodology for safely removing the ice.

Multilateral Agreements – Carriage of Butadienes and Hydrocarbon Mixture, stabilized of Class 2

12/07/2021 News

The UK Department for Transport (DfT), as the UK Competent Authority, signed, on 12 July 2021, the following Multilateral Agreements.