Design Verification and Registration of Plant

Typical questions regarding design verification and registration of plant in Australia (Pressure vessels related)

1) Which plant components must be design registered in Australia? * This is listed in schedule 5 of the Work Health & Safety regulation. * Please contact us any time, in case you are not sure if your product you intend to export to Australia falls under schedule 5. 2) Which specific pressure equipment / pressure vessels must be design registered in Australia? * As per schedule 5, section 1.1* Hazard level classification according AS4343, -pressure vessels falling in class A-D must be design registered. (the classification works according a similar system as in Europe the Annex II of PED2014/68/EU* We can support you, in case you need help in interpretation of AS4343. Unfortunately currently the state authorities use two different versions of AS4343 (2005 and 2014) * Basically we need from you : - Design pressure/temp., Volume of vessel, fluid and location of installation. 3) Is a design registration conducted in one state (e.g. NSW) also acceptable in other states?* Yes, there exists a reciprocal approval. Any state accepts a design registration conducted in another state, as long as you refer to the same GA-drawing.* Design registration in several states is not foreseen and should be avoided. 4) We already have a design registration in place. How long is the design registration certificate, issued by the authority valid - or does it not expire at all?* A design registration certificate does NOT expire, there is not extension necessary. * As long as your vessel can be traced to the GA drawing registered, all is OK. (same type name, drawing number, etc.)* However, you are not allowed to conduct major design changes to your design. In that case a new registration process would be necessary. 5) We already have a design registration in place. When would it be necessary to apply again? (e.g. what kind of changes)- That would be the case, if you conduct major alterations, these would include e.g.: - An increase in design pressure or temperature of pressure equipment - A decrease in MDMT - The addition of new nozzles or openings which require redesign. - Dimensional change which affects stress calculations - Change of materials which affects stress calculations - An increase in heating surface in a heat exchanger - The addition of a pressurised jacket to pressure equipment - Change of material of a pressure retaining - Change of welding specifications (as listed in original drawing)- Where a major alteration is made to Hazard Level A, B, C, D pressure equipment, the alteration is treated as a new design and the altered design requires re-registration. 6) Do we need to supply a MDR (MANUFACTURER´S DATA REPORT) ?* A MDR should be available at the commissioning inspection.* The purchaser (end user / plant owner) usually defines in his order specification that he needs a MDR for the plant item and also often lists exactly which documents he expects. (e.g. Mill sheets, WPS, NDE reports, hydro test report, etc.)* A MDR is however NOT necessary for the design registration! (as this is a QA document)
Typical questions Design registration in Australia - Other plant equipment, not pressure vessel related)
What must be design registeredThe following items of plant listed in Part 1 of Schedule 5 of the Regulations must be design registered:* 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 Pressure equipment–hazard levels* gas cylinders covered by Section 1 of AS 2030.1 Gas cylinders–General requirements* tower cranes including self-erecting tower cranes* lifts, including escalators and moving walkways* building maintenance units* hoists with a platform movement exceeding 2.4 metres, designed to lift people* work boxes designed to be suspended from cranes* passenger ropeways* concrete placing booms* prefabricated scaffolding* boom-type elevating work platforms* gantry cranes with a safe working load greater than 5 tonnes or bridge cranes with a safe working load of greater than 10 tonnes, and any gantry crane or bridge crane which is designed to handle molten metal or Schedule 11 hazardous chemicals* vehicle hoists* mast climbing work platforms* mobile cranes with a rated capacity of greater than 10 tonnes* amusement devices covered by Section 2.1 of AS 3533.1 Amusement rides and devices except those listed in the next section. What does not need to be design registeredYou do not need to design register:* a heritage boiler that was manufactured before 1952 and is used for a historical purpose or activity, including an activity that is ancillary to a historical activity* any pressure equipment (other than a gas cylinder) excluded from the scope of AS/NZS 1200 Pressure equipment* a crane or hoist that is manually powered* a reach stacker* an elevating work platform that is a scissor lift or a vertically moving platform* a tow truck* class 1 devices* playground devices* water slides where water facilitates patrons to slide easily, predominantly under gravity, along a static structure* wave generators where patrons do not come into contact with the parts of machinery used for generating water waves* inflatable devices, other than inflatable devices (continuously blown) with a platform height of 3 meters or more. Do all states in Australia have the same Work Health and Safety Regulations? * Unfortunately this is still not the case. * Following states/territories have basically introduced the harmonized WHS-Regulations in 2012/2017: QLD, NT, NSW, SA, ACT, and TAS WA and VIC did not yet harmonize with the other states, - however WA will follow in (*) March 2022. VIC unfortunately has no intention to harmonize their current OHS-Regulations. Update for Western Australia : A slight delay in the scheduling/implementation of WHSR 2022 in Western Australia has been made. On 15 December 2021, Minister for Industrial Relations announced an update on the timing of the release of the draft WHS regulations. Drafting the WHS regulations for all three sectors, which are needed to allow the WHS Act to be proclaimed, has been a complex process. Recognising the importance of this legislation, the Government has allocated significant resources to the drafting process. Exposure drafts of the WHS regulations for the three sectors are now available.
Publication in the Government Gazette of the Work Health and Safety Regulations for the three sectors and transition to the new laws, which was originally scheduled for January 2022, is now expected in(*) March 2022. Our clients from Europe, USA/Canada and Asia, planning plant design registrations as per schedule 5 of the WHSR in Western Australia can contact us anytime to get updates. Current large projects in WA are e.g. Woodside (Pluto2) and YARA - We are happy to support you.