{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-machinery-safety-regulations-2008/regulation-16C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-machinery-safety-regulations-2008/regulation-16C.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1597",
  "legislation_title": "The Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supply-of-machinery-safety-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/16C",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16C",
  "heading": "Monitoring",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State must, from time to time, carry out an inspection of each approved body with a view to verifying that it—\n(a) meets the approved body criteria;\n(b) complies with any condition to which its designation is subject—\n(i) in accordance with regulation 16B(4)(e);\n(ii) in the case of an approved body which was a UK notified body immediately before IP completion, in accordance with regulation 16(8)(e) as it applied before IP completion; and\n(c) complies with these Regulations.\n(2) An approved body must comply with any request of the Secretary of State to provide information relevant to determining its compliance with the approved body criteria, these Regulations, or any condition to which its designation is subject.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 16A-16C 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. 12 para. 16 (with Sch. 12 para. 22) (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(d)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1597/regulation/16C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:29:27.122747+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}