Article 7 Accreditation/recognition of the assessment body
United Kingdom
The assessment body provided for in Article 6 shall be either:
- (a)
accredited by the national accreditation body F1... using the criteria defined in Annex II; or
- (b)
recognised by the recognition body ... using the criteria defined in Annex II; or
- (c)
the national safety authority F2where it fulfils the requirements set out in Annex II and the accreditation functions of the national safety authority are demonstrably independent of its other functions.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 7 omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Rail Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/837), regs. 1, 16(8)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and words in Art. 7 omitted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Rail Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/837), regs. 1, 21(8)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Art. 7 substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Rail Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/837), regs. 1, 16(8)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and words in Art. 7 substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Rail Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/837), regs. 1, 21(8)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)