Regulation 52 Applications for technical reports and technical certificates
Subject to regulation 53 below, a United Kingdom competent body shall determine applications made thereto for the issue of technical reports and technical certificates in respect of relevant apparatus of authorised descriptions.
In determining such applications, the United Kingdom competent body—
shall have regard to the actual or usual electromagnetic environment of the apparatus; and
may have regard to any standards (whether applicable EMC standards or otherwise) or other technical criteria appearing to it to be relevant.
Where in the opinion of the United Kingdom competent body the apparatus to which an application relates conforms with the protection requirements, it shall issue a technical report or technical certificate, as the case may be, which complies with the requirements of regulation 55 below.
Subject to regulation 58 below, where in the opinion of the United Kingdom competent body the apparatus to which the application relates does not conform with the protection requirements, it shall refuse to issue a technical report or technical certificate, as the case may be, giving written reasons for the refusal.