# The Active Implantable Medical Devices Regulations 1992, Paragraph 1


(1) The body, its director and its staff responsible for carrying out operations relating to evaluation and verification—
(a) shall neither be, nor be the authorised representative of, the designer, manufacturer, supplier or installer of devices which they evaluate;
(b) shall neither be, nor represent any person who is, directly involved in the design, construction, marketing or maintenance of those devices.
(2) Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) precludes the possibility of exchanges of technical information between a manufacturer and the body.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3146/schedule/9/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/active-implantable-medical-devices-regulations-1992/schedule-9/paragraph-1
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