The Electrical Equipment for Explosive Atmospheres (Certification) Regulations 1990

Appointment of certification bodies

3.—(1) The Secretary of State shall appoint a body or bodies of persons for any one or more of the following purposes, that is to say,—

(a) of assessing and testing electrical equipment (or such electrical equipment as may be specified in the appointment) to determine whether it conforms to the appropriate harmonised standards and of issuing certificates of conformity;

(b) of assessing and testing electrical equipment (or such electrical eq uipment as may be specified in the appointment) which differs from harmonised standards to determine whether it offers a degree of safety at least equivalent to those standards and of issuing inspection certificates;

(c) of carrying out surveillance of the manufacture of electrical equipment (or such electrical equipment as may be specified in the appointment) to ascertain whether the equipment conforms to the type of equipment in respect of which a certificate of conformity or, as the case may be, an inspection certificate has been issued;

(d) of doing such other things as may be required or permitted by or in connection with these Regulations, on such conditions as he thinks fit for the efficient and proper functioning of such body or bodies.

(2) The said appointment may be for a fixed or indefinite time and may be revoked at any time; the Secretary of State may also 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 certification body.