Paragraph 3

After Regulation 5, insert—

“EC pattern approval

5A

(1)

Where any pattern of relevant instrument is submitted by the manufacturer or his authorised representative to the Authority for EC pattern approval, the Authority shall not grant that approval unless the application complies with the requirements of Regulation 6 and either—

(a)

the application is accompanied by a certified examination report; or

(b)

the Authority has conducted or procured the conduct of an examination;

and in either case the Authority is satisfied that the pattern conforms to the requirements of the relevant Directive.

(2)

Where EC pattern approval granted under these Regulations is in force in respect of a pattern of relevant instrument, if an application is made by a manufacturer or his authorised representative for approval of modifications or additions to the approved pattern, the Authority shall not grant that approval unless the application complies with the requirements of Regulation 6 and either—

(a)

the application is accompanied by a certified examination report; or

(b)

the Authority has conducted or procured the conduct of an examination;

and in either case the Authority is satisfied that the pattern with the modifications or additions proposed conforms to the requirements of the relevant Directive.

(3)

The Authority shall not, unless requested to do so by the manufacturer or his authorised representative, conduct or procure the conduct of an examination for the purposes of paragraph (1) or (2), as the case may be, if, in that case—

(a)

a certified examination report has been submitted in support of the application for approval in accordance with regulation 4(1)(c); and

(b)

the Authority is satisfied—

(i)

that the report of the nominated laboratory is sufficient and reliable for the purpose of determining whether the pattern or, as the case may be, the pattern with the modifications or additions proposed, conforms to the requirements of the relevant Directive; and

(ii)

on the basis of the report that the pattern or, as the case may be, the pattern with the modifications or additions proposed, conforms to the requirements of the relevant Directive.

(4)

Where, on an application under paragraph (1) or (2), the Authority grants EC pattern approval, it shall issue a certificate of that approval.”