PART 4F1Approved and Designated Bodies

Annotations:

F2UK national accreditation body34B

1

The Secretary of State may authorise the UK national accreditation body to carry out the following activities on behalf of the Secretary of State—

a

assessing whether a body meets the approved body or designated body requirements;

b

exercising functions in accordance with regulation 31;

c

compiling and maintaining the register of approved bodies in accordance with regulation 34A.

2

In this regulation—

  • “RAMS” means Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93;

  • “UK national accreditation body” means the body appointed by the Secretary of State in accordance with Article 4 of RAMS.