PART 5U.K.[F1APPROVAL OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES][F1NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES]

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[F1Approved bodiesE+W+S

53.—(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 had taken no action under regulation 60(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 57 (restriction, suspension or withdrawal of approval).

(3) In this Part—

“notified body” means a body—

(a)

which the Secretary of State had before IP completion day notified to the European Commission and the member States of the European Union, in accordance with Article 23 of the Directive; and

(b)

in respect of which no objections had been raised, as referred to in regulation 53(2)(b), as it had effect immediately before IP completion day;

“approved body requirements” means the requirements set out in Schedule 5.]

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

IntroductoryN.I.

53.—(1) This Part applies to the notification to the Commission and other [F2relevant] states of the bodies authorised to carry out conformity assessment procedures in the United Kingdom in relation to measuring instruments.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, a notified body is a conformity assessment body—

(a)which has been notified to the Commission and to other [F2relevant] states under regulation 55 (notification); and

(b)in respect of which no objections [F3, other than an immaterial objection,] are raised by the Commission or other [F2relevant] states—

(i)within 2 weeks of a notification, where an accreditation certificate is used; or

(ii)within 2 months of a notification, where accreditation is not [F4used;]

[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.]

(3) Paragraph (2) has effect subject to regulation 60 (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

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