Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 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)
51.—(1) An approved body is a conformity assessment body which—
(a)has been approved by the Secretary of State pursuant to the procedure set out in regulation 54 (approval of conformity assessment bodies); or
(b)immediately before IP completion day was a notified body in respect of which the Secretary of State has taken no action under regulation 62(1) or (2) as they had effect immediately before IP completion day to suspend or withdraw the body's status as a notified body.
(2) Paragraph (1) has effect subject to regulation 60 (restriction, suspension or withdrawal of approval).
(3) In this Part—
“notified body” means a body—
which the Secretary of State had before IP completion day notified to the European Commission and the member States of the European Union as a notified body, in accordance with Article 20 of the Directive; and
in respect of which no objections had been raised, as referred to in regulation 51(1)(b), as it had effect immediately before IP completion day;
“approved body requirements” means the requirements set out in Schedule 4;
“product” means pressure equipment or assemblies;
“accreditation certificate” means a certificate, issued by the UK national accreditation body, attesting that a conformity assessment body meets the approved body requirements.]
Extent Information
E1This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only
51.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, a notified body is a conformity assessment body—
(a)which has been notified by the Secretary of State to the Commission and to other [F2relevant states] as a notified body—
(i)under regulation 55 (notification); or
(ii)before the date these Regulations come into force, in accordance with Article 21 of the Directive; and
(b)in respect of which no objection [F3other than an immaterial objection,] has been raised by the Commission or other [F4relevant states]—
(i)within two weeks of the date of notification, where the notification is accompanied by an accreditation certificate; or
(ii)within two months of the notification, where the notification is not accompanied by an accreditation certificate.
[F5(c)in sub-paragraph (b), an “immaterial objection” is an objection on the grounds that—
(i)the conformity assessment body is established in the United Kingdom; or
(ii)the accreditation certificate was issued by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service.]
(2) Paragraph (1) has effect subject to regulation 62 (changes to notifications).
Extent Information
E2This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only
Textual Amendments
F2Words in reg. 51(1)(a) 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(1)
F3Words in reg. 51(1)(b) inserted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1112), reg. 1(b), Sch. 12 para. 1(2)(4)
F4Words in reg. 51(1)(b) 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(1)