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45C.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), regulation 45A ceases to have effect at the end of the period of [F2four years] beginning with IP completion day.
(2) Notwithstanding the expiry of regulation 38A—
(a)any safety component for lifts which was placed on the market pursuant to regulation 45A may continue to be made available on the market on or after the expiry of regulation 45A;
(b)any obligation to which a person was subject under regulation 45A in respect of a lift or safety component for lifts placed on the market pursuant to regulation 45A continues to have effect after the expiry of regulation 45A, in respect of that lift or safety component for lifts.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), regulation 45B ceases to have effect at the end of the period of [F3four years] beginning with IP completion day.
(4) Where a conformity assessment procedure has been completed pursuant to regulation 45B in relation to a lift or a safety component for lifts prior to the expiry of regulation 45B, regulation 45B continues to apply in respect of that lift or safety component for lifts where—
(a)the manufacturer arranges for the EU-Type examination certificate and any annexes to be transferred to an approved body;
(b)the approved body referred to in sub-paragraph (a) accepts responsibility for the EU-Type examination certificate; and
(c)the approved body issues a Type-examination certificate relying, or relying in part, on any examinations or tests undertaken prior to the issue of the EU-Type examination certificate.
(5) In paragraph (4) “EU-Type examination certificate” means a certificate issued after—
(a)in relation to a safety component for lifts, the conformity assessment procedure set out in Annex IV, Part A of the Directive and referred to in Article 15(a) and (b) of the Directive as EU-type examination, has been carried out in relation to a model of the safety component for lifts in accordance with Article 15(a) or (b) of the Directive; or
(b)in relation to a lift that is designed and manufactured in accordance with a model, the conformity assessment procedure set out in Annex IV, Part B of the Directive, referred to in Article 16(1)(a) of the Directive as an EU-type examination has been carried out in relation to a model.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 45A-45D inserted (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. 22 para. 25 (with Sch. 22 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and S.I. 2020/1460, reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 14(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in reg. 45C(1) substituted (31.12.2022) by The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1393), regs. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1 (l)
F3Words in reg. 45C(3) substituted (31.12.2022) by The Product Safety and Metrology (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1393), regs. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1 (l)
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