The Lifts Regulations 2016

[F15.  Where the type of the safety component for lifts meets the conditions referred to in point 1, the body shall issue a type examination certificate to the manufacturer. That certificate shall contain the name and address of the manufacturer the conclusions of the Type examination, any conditions of validity of the certificate and the particulars necessary to identify the approved type.E+W+S

The Type examination certificate may have one or more annexes attached.

The Type examination certificate and its annexes shall contain all relevant information to allow the conformity of manufactured safety components for lifts with the examined type to be evaluated and to allow for in-service control.

Where the type of the safety component for lifts does not satisfy the conditions referred to in point 1, the approved body shall refuse to issue a type examination certificate and shall inform the applicant accordingly, giving detailed reasons for its refusal.

The approved body shall keep a copy of the Type examination certificate, its annexes and additions, as well as the technical documentation and the evaluation report, for 15 years from the date of issue of that certificate.]