F1SCHEDULE 4UK verification assessment procedure for subsystems
(This Schedule substantially reproduces Annex VI to the Directive with amendments to correct deficiencies arising from the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.)
2.3
UK certificate of verification
2.3.1
The approved bodies responsible for the UK verification must assess the design, production and final testing of the subsystem and must draw up the UK certificate of verification intended for the project entity. In turn, the project entity must draw up the UK declaration of verification. The UK certificate of verification must provide reference to the NTSNs with which the conformity has been assessed.
Where a subsystem has not been assessed for its conformity with all relevant NTSNs (e.g. in the case of an exemption, partial application of NTSNs for upgrade or renewal, transitional period in an NTSN or UK specific case), the UK certificate of verification shall give the precise reference to the NTSNs or their parts whose conformity has not been examined by the approved body during the UK verification assessment procedure.
2.3.2
Where an ISV has been issued, whether by an approved body, an EU notified body, or a designated body, the approved body responsible for the verification of the subsystem must take the ISV into account, and before issuing its UK certificate of verification, must:
a
verify that the ISV correctly covers the relevant requirements of the NTSNs,
b
check all aspects that are not covered by the ISV, and
c
check the final testing of the subsystem as a whole.
2.3.3
In the case of a modification to a subsystem already covered by a certificate of verification, the approved body shall perform only those examinations and tests that are relevant and necessary, i.e. assessment shall relate only to the parts of the subsystem that are changed and their interfaces to the unchanged parts of the subsystem.
2.3.4
Each approved body involved in the verification of a subsystem shall draw up a technical file in accordance with regulation 17 covering the scope of its activities.
Sch. 4 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Railways (Interoperability) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/345), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 (as amended by The Railways (Interoperability) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/318), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(13)(a), 5(13)(b), 5(13)(c), 5(13)(d)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)