Paragraph 1 F1

The body, its director and its staff responsible for carrying out verification operations may be neither the designer, builder, supplier or installer of the equipment nor the authorised representative established in the United Kingdom of any of those parties. They may become involved neither directly nor as authorised representatives in the design, construction, marketing or maintenance of such equipment nor represent the parties engaged in these activities.

Sub-paragraph (1) does not preclude the possibility of exchange of technical information between the manufacturer and the body.