2.—(1) A device is an approved device for the statutory purposes, if it is of a type which has been certified by the Secretary of State as one which meets the scheduled requirements.
(2) A device shall be taken to meet the scheduled requirements if there has been produced to the Secretary of State evidence which satisfies him that it has been found by a competent authority in an EEA state to be one which meets the requirements of an EEA standard which requires a level of performance equivalent to that required by the scheduled requirements.
(3) In paragraph (2) “EEA standard” means—
(a)a standard or code of practice of a national standards body or equivalent body of any EEA state;
(b)any international standard recognised for use as standard or code of practice by any EEA state; or
(c)a technical specification recognised for use as a standard by a public authority of any EEA state.