CHAPTER VTECHNICAL ASSESSMENT BODIES
F1Article 31Coordination of TABs
(1.
The TABs must make such arrangements as they consider appropriate to ensure the coordination of TABs and, if necessary, cooperation and consultation with other stakeholders.
(2.
If the TABs decide to establish a separate body having legal personality and established in the United Kingdom to facilitate the coordination of TABs, a responsible TAB may delegate its functions under the specified provisions in relation to developing and adopting UK Assessment Documents to that body.
(3.
The “specified provisions” are—
(a)
Article 19(1);
(b)
Article 22(1);
(c)
Article 23;
(d)
Article 24;
(e)
Article 27;
(f)
sections 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 (excluding the duty to communicate the draft UK Assessment Document to the manufacturer) and 9 of Annex 2.