Regulation 45B Conformity assessment procedure obligation which is met by complying with the DirectiveF1
England, Wales and Scotland
In this regulation, any reference to an Article or an Annex is a reference to an Article of or an Annex to the Directive.
Paragraph (3) applies where, prior to the manufacture of a safety component, the manufacturer ensures that the conformity assessment procedure set out in Annex IV, Part A and referred to in Article 15(a) and (b) as EU-type examination, has been carried out in relation to a model of the safety component in accordance with Article 15(a) or (b).
Where this paragraph applies—
the requirement in regulation 48(a) or (b) to submit the model of the safety component for the conformity assessment procedure referred to in that regulation as Type examination is to be treated as being satisfied;
any reference to “relevant conformity assessment procedure” in regulations 16(a), 17(1), 26(1)(a), 45(1)(b) and 49(b) is to be read as including the conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 15(a) or (b) as EU-type examination; and;
any reference to “technical documentation” in regulations 16(b), 18, 26(1)(b) and 33(b) is to be read as including the technical documentation relating to the design of the safety component referred to in Annex IV, Part A.
Paragraph (5) applies where, a lift is designed and manufactured in accordance with a model lift that has undergone the conformity assessment procedure set out in Annex IV, Part B, referred to in Article 16(1)(a) as EU-type examination.
Where this paragraph applies—
the condition in regulation 47(1)(a) that the lift is designed and manufactured in accordance with a model lift which has undergone a Type examination set out in Part B of Schedule 11, is to be treated as being satisfied;
any reference to “relevant conformity assessment procedure” in regulations 7(a), 8(1), 45(1)(b) and 49(b) is to be read as including the conformity assessment procedure set out in Annex IV, Part B and referred to in Article 16(1)(a) as EU-type examination; and
any reference to “technical documentation” in regulations 7(b) and 9 is to be read as including the technical documentation relating to the design of the lift referred to in Annex IV, Part B.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Regs. 45A-45D inserted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 22 para. 25 (with Sch. 22 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and S.I. 2020/1460, reg. 1(4), Sch. 3 para. 14(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)