F1Approved Bodies13.

(1)

For the purposes of these Regulations, an approved body is a body which has been appointed to carry out one or more of the conformity assessment procedures mentioned or referred to in regulation 10(a) and which—

(a)

has been appointed as an approved body in the United Kingdom pursuant to regulation 14; or

(b)

immediately before IP completion day was a notified body in respect of which the Secretary of State had taken no action under regulation 14(2)(e) as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, to terminate the appointment.

(2)

In this regulation “notified body” means a body which before IP completion day has been—

(a)

appointed as a notified body in the United Kingdom pursuant to regulation 14, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day; and

(b)

notified by the Secretary of State to the European Commission and other member States pursuant to Article 15 of the Directive.

Notified Bodies13.

For the purposes of these Regulations, a notified body is a body which has been appointed to carry out one or more of the conformity assessment procedures mentioned or referred to in regulation 10 and which has been—

(a)

appointed as a notified body in the United Kingdom pursuant to regulation 14; or

(b)

appointed by a member State F2... and has been notified by the member State concerned to the Commission and the other member States pursuant to Article 15 of the Directive.