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The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016

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2.—(1) The manufacturer must establish the technical documentation.

(2) The documentation must make it possible to assess the electrical equipment's conformity to the relevant requirements, and must include an adequate analysis and assessment of the risk(s).

(3) The technical documentation must specify the applicable requirements and cover, as far as relevant for the assessment, the design, manufacture and operation of the electrical equipment.

(4) The technical documentation must, where applicable, contain at least the following elements—

(a)a general description of the electrical equipment;

(b)conceptual design and manufacturing drawings and schemes of components, sub-assemblies, circuits, etc.;

(c)descriptions and explanations necessary for the understanding of those drawings and schemes and the operation of the electrical equipment;

(d)a list of the [F1designated] standards applied in full or in part F2... or international or national standards referred to in regulation 37 and, where those [F1designated] standards or international or national standards have not been applied, descriptions of the solutions adopted to meet the principal elements of the safety objectives, including a list of other relevant technical specifications applied. In the event of partly applied[F1designated] standards or international or national standards referred to in regulation 37, the technical documentation must specify the parts which have been applied;

(e)results of design calculations made, examinations carried out, etc.; and

(f)test reports.

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E1This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

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Technical documentationN.I.

2.—(1) The manufacturer must establish the technical documentation.

(2) The documentation must make it possible to assess the electrical equipment's conformity to the relevant requirements, and must include an adequate analysis and assessment of the risk(s).

(3) The technical documentation must specify the applicable requirements and cover, as far as relevant for the assessment, the design, manufacture and operation of the electrical equipment.

(4) The technical documentation must, where applicable, contain at least the following elements—

(a)a general description of the electrical equipment;

(b)conceptual design and manufacturing drawings and schemes of components, sub-assemblies, circuits, etc.;

(c)descriptions and explanations necessary for the understanding of those drawings and schemes and the operation of the electrical equipment;

(d)a list of the harmonised standards applied in full or in part the references to which have been published in the Official Journal or international or national standards referred to in regulation 37 and, where those harmonised standards or international or national standards have not been applied, descriptions of the solutions adopted to meet the principal elements of the safety objectives, including a list of other relevant technical specifications applied. In the event of partly applied harmonised standards or international or national standards referred to in regulation 37, the technical documentation must specify the parts which have been applied;

(e)results of design calculations made, examinations carried out, etc.; and

(f)test reports.

Extent Information

E2This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

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