The Treatment of Conformity Assessment Bodies (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Regulations 2024

Amendment to the Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016

10.—(1) The Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “conformity assessment procedure” insert—

““the CPTPP” has the meaning set out in section 1 of the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Act 2024;”.

(3) In paragraph 31 (materials) of Schedule 2 (essential safety requirements), for sub-paragraph (8) substitute—

“(8) Certificates issued by a material manufacturer are presumed to certify conformity with the relevant requirements of this paragraph where the manufacturer has an appropriate quality-assurance system that—

(a) is certified by a competent body established in—

(i) the United Kingdom;

(ii) the territory of an EEA state; or

(iii) the territory of a party to the CPTPP; and

(b) has undergone a specific assessment for materials.”.

(4) For paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 (approved body requirements) substitute—

“2.   A conformity assessment body must have legal personality and must be established in—

(a) the United Kingdom; or

(b) the territory of a party to the CPTPP.”.

(1)

S.I. 2016/1105, amended by S.I. 2019/696, 2024/XXXX; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant; they were made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and are accordingly saved by virtue of section 2(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.