This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Scotland only

Pt. 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. 21 para. 30 (with Sch. 21 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and S.I. 2020/852, regs. 2(2), 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(j)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Words in reg. 52(1) 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. 1 para. 5

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1092/regulation/52/2020-12-31The Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 2016texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseHEALTH AND SAFETYCONSUMER PROTECTION2025-03-17Expert Participation2020-12-31These Regulations transpose Directive 2014/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of member States relating to the making available on the market of simple pressure vessels (recast) (OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p.45) (“the Directive”).PART 4Approval of Conformity Assessment BodiesRegister of approved bodies52.(1)

The Secretary of State must—

(a)

assign an approved body identification number to each approved body; and

(b)

compile and maintain a register of—

(i)

approved bodies;

(ii)

their approved body identification numbers;

(iii)

the activities for which they have been approved; and

(iv)

any restrictions on those activities.

(2)

The register referred to in paragraph (1) must be made publicly available.

Operational matters in relation to notified bodies52.(1)

Subject to the terms of its appointment and to paragraph (3), a notified body must carry out the conformity assessment activities and modules in respect of which the body's notification was made to the European Commission and to the other relevant states under regulation 46 (notification).

(2)

Where a notified body carries out a conformity assessment procedure, it must do so in accordance with Part 2 of Schedule 4.

(3)

A notified body must make provision for a manufacturer to be able to make an appeal against a refusal by the notified body—

(a)

to issue an EU-type examination certificate referred to in Schedule 2; or

(b)

to affix, or cause to be affixed, the body's identification number pursuant to regulation 44 (identification number)