The Transportable Pressure Vessels Regulations 2001

Approved bodies

9.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, an approved body is a body which has been appointed—

(a) to carry out one or more of the following, namely—

(i) one or more conformity assessment procedures,

(ii) the conformity reassessment procedure,

(iii) periodic inspection procedure module 1; and

(b) as an approved body—

(i) pursuant to regulation 10, or

(ii) by another member State, and whose appointment has been communicated by that member State to the Commission and the other member States pursuant to Article 9 of the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive.

(2) In respect of any conformity assessment undertaken pursuant to regulation 5, an approved body shall work exclusively for the group of which it is a member.