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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-terminal-equipment-regulations-1992/regulation-50",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2423",
  "legislation_title": "The Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-terminal-equipment-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/50",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Appointment",
  "text": "(1) Subject to regulation 51 below, the Secretary of State may appoint a body as a United Kingdom notified body in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.\n(2) An appointment under this regulation shall be in writing and shall, subject to paragraph (7) of this regulation and regulations 51(4) and 53(3) below, be subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may impose for the time being, and such conditions may include conditions which are to apply on or following the termination or expiry of the appointment.\n(3) Subject to regulation 51(2), an appointment under this regulation shall have effect in respect of such descriptions of applicable terminal equipment as the Secretary of State may for the time being authorise, and in these Regulations, “authorised” and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.\n(4) An appointment under this regulation shall have effect in respect of such of the functions as are exercisable by a United Kingdom notified body pursuant to Part III or Part IV of these Regulations as the Secretary of State may for the time being authorise.\n(5) In exercising the power conferred by paragraph (1) above, the Secretary of State may (in addition to the matters of which he is required to satisfy himself pursuant to regulation 51(2)) have regard to any matter appearing to him to be relevant, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, he may have regard to any standards relating to the accreditation of laboratories or certification bodies appearing to him to be appropriate.\n(6) Subject to regulation 52, an appointment under this regulation may be for—\n(a) the time being; or\n(b) such period as may be specified in the appointment.\n(7) Where the Commission informs the Secretary of State pursuant to Article 10.4 of the TTE Directive that, in the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 13 thereof, changes are necessary in the conditions to which an appointment of a United Kingdom notified body is subject or in the authorised descriptions of applicable terminal equipment in respect of which the appointment has effect if that body is to retain its recognised status, the Secretary of State shall vary the conditions or authorised descriptions, as the case may require, to give effect to such changes.\n(8) The Secretary of State shall from time to time publish lists of United Kingdom notified bodies indicating the descriptions of applicable terminal equipment in respect of which each body is authorised, and the functions which each body is entitled to exercise, for the time being; and such lists may include information concerning any condition to which the appointment of any body is for the time being subject.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2423/regulation/50",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:15:17.941811+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."
}