The Lifts Regulations 1997

4.    Surveillance under the responsibility of the notified body

(4.1) The purpose of surveillance is to make sure that the manufacturer of the safety component duly fulfils the obligations arising out of the approved quality assurance system.

(4.2) The manufacturer must allow the notified body access for inspection purposes to the inspection, testing and storage locations and provide it with all necessary information, in particular:

• the quality assurance system documentation,

• the technical documentation,

• the quality records, such as inspection reports and test data, calibration data, reports on the qualifications of the personnel concerned, etc.

(4.3) The notified body must periodically carry out audits to ensure that the manufacturer of the safety components maintains and applies the quality assurance system and must provide an audit report to the manufacturer of the safety components.

(4.4) Additionally, the notified body may pay unexpected visits to the manufacturer of the safety component.

• At the time of such visits, the notified body may carry out tests or have them carried out in order to check the proper functioning of the quality assurance system where necessary; it must provide the manufacturer of the safety components with a visit report and, if a test has been carried out, with a test report.