The Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016

[F1 Approval of approved bodies E+W+S

55.— (1) A conformity assessment body qualifies for approval as an approved body if the first and second conditions below are met.

(2) The first condition is that the conformity assessment body has applied to the Secretary of State to become an approved body and that application is accompanied by—

(a) a description of—

(i) the conformity assessment activities that the conformity assessment body intends to carry out;

(ii) the conformity assessment procedure in respect of which the conformity assessment body claims to be competent;

(iii) the category of products in respect of which the conformity assessment body claims to be competent; and

(b) either—

(i) an accreditation certificate, or

(ii) the documentary evidence necessary for the Secretary of State to verify, recognise and regularly monitor the conformity assessment body's compliance with the approved body requirements.

(3) The second condition is that the Secretary of State is satisfied that the conformity assessment body meets the approved body requirements.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), the Secretary of State may accept an accreditation certificate, provided in accordance with paragraph (2)(b), as sufficient evidence that the conformity assessment body meets the approved body requirements.]

Extent Information

E1 This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 4 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 24 para. 35 (with Sch. 24 para. 41) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and S.I. 2020/852, reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 1(m)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notification N.I.

55.—(1) The Secretary of State may notify to the European Commission and the other [F2 relevant states] only those conformity assessment bodies which—

(a) qualify for notification as a notified body in accordance with regulation 56;

(b) qualify for notification as a recognised third party organisation in accordance with regulation 57; or

(c) qualify for notification as a user inspectorate in accordance with regulation 58.

(2) When deciding whether to notify a conformity assessment body to the European Commission and the other [F3 relevant states], the Secretary of State may—

(a) have regard to any other matter which appears to the Secretary of State to be relevant; and

(b) set conditions that the conformity assessment body must meet.

(3) The Secretary of State must inform the European Commission of the United Kingdom's procedures for the assessment and notification of conformity assessment bodies, and any changes to those procedures.

Extent Information

E2 This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in reg. 55(1) substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Pressure Vessels (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/678), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)

F3 Words in reg. 55(2) substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Pressure Vessels (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/678), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)