Regulation 53 UK national accreditation bodyF1 E1

England, Wales and Scotland

The Secretary of State may authorise the UK national accreditation body to carry out the following activities on behalf of the Secretary of State—

(a)

assessing whether a conformity assessment body meets the approved body requirements;

(b)

monitoring approved bodies in accordance with regulation 48; and

(c)

compiling and maintaining the register of approved bodies, in accordance with regulation 52.

Annotations

F1: Pt. 4 substituted (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. 21 para. 30 (with Sch. 21 para. 37) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2 and S.I. 2020/852, regs. 2(2), 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(j)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

E1: This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

F1: S.I. 1989/1327.
F2: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). The enabling powers of section 2(2) were extended by virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) by section 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c.51).
F3: Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and amended by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008.