# The Explosives Regulations 2014, Paragraph 33: Surveillance under the responsibility of the approved body


(1) The approved body must carry out surveillance, the purpose of which is to ensure that a manufacturer fulfils the obligations arising out of the approved quality system.
(2) A manufacturer must, for assessment purposes, allow the approved body access to the manufacture, inspection, testing and storage sites and must provide it with all necessary information, in particular—
(a) the quality system documentation;
(b) the quality records, such as inspection reports and test data, calibration data and qualification reports on the personnel concerned.
(3) The approved body must carry out periodic audits to ensure that a manufacturer maintains and applies the quality system and, following each audit, must provide the manufacturer with an audit report.
(4) The approved body may pay unexpected visits to the manufacturer; during such visits the approved body may carry out product tests, or have them carried out, in order to verify that the quality system is functioning correctly and, following such a visit, the approved body must provide the manufacturer with a visit report and, if tests have been carried out, a test report.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1638/schedule/17/paragraph/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/explosives-regulations-2014/schedule-17/paragraph-33
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