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 installer of a lift duly fulfils the obligations arising out of the approved quality assurance system.

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

• the quality assurance system documentation,

• the quality records provided for in the design part of the quality assurance system, such as results of analyses, calculations, tests, etc.,

• the quality records provided for in the part of the quality assurance system concerning acceptance of supplies and installation, 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 make sure that the installer of a lift maintains and applies the quality assurance system and must provide the installer with an audit report.

(4.4) Additionally, the notified body may pay unexpected visits to the premises of a lift installer or to the assembly site of a lift. 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 lift installer with a visit report and, if a test has been carried out, with a test report.