Regulation 3 Appointment of inspection bodies
The Executive shall appoint a body or bodies of persons in accordance with the provisions of this regulation, to carry out inspection of gas cylinders, to affix EEC verification marks to such cylinders, to issue EEC verification certificates, and to do such other things as may be required or permitted of such a body under or in connection with the following provisions of these Regulations; and a body so appointed shall hereafter in these Regulations be referred to as an “inspection body”.
In making the appointment referred to in paragraph (1), the Executive shall take into account the minimum criteria set out in paragraphs 1 to 7 of Annex III of the Framework Directive; and for the efficient and proper functioning of the inspection body it may, in making such an appointment, impose such conditions as it thinks fit.
The said appointment—
may be for a fixed or indefinite time;
may be revoked at any time;
shall be revoked if the Executive has reason to believe that the inspection body does not meet, or has ceased to meet, the criteria referred to in paragraph (2) in respect of the appointment of such a body.
The Executive may vary or withdraw any or all of the conditions of appointment or impose additional conditions at any time for the efficient and proper functioning of the inspection body.