F1SCHEDULE 8Minimum criteria which must be taken into account by the Secretary of State when approving bodies
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(This Schedule substantially reproduces Annex VIII to the Directive with amendments to correct deficiencies arising from the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.)
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The independence of the staff responsible for inspections must be guaranteed. No official must be remunerated either on the basis of the number of inspections performed or of the results of those inspections.
Sch. 8 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Railways (Interoperability) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/345), reg. 1(2), Sch. 7 (as amended by The Railways (Interoperability) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/318), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(15)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)