The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) Regulations 2016

[F1 Application for designation U.K.

1.— (1) An application by a conformity assessment body to become an approved body must be made to the Secretary of State and be accompanied by—

(a) a description of—

(i) the conformity assessment activities that the conformity assessment body intends to carry out;

(ii) the conformity assessment module or modules in respect of which the conformity assessment body claims to be competent;

(iii) the marine equipment for which that body claims to be competent; and

(iv) either—

(aa) an accreditation certificate; or

(bb) the documentary evidence necessary for the Secretary of State to verify, recognise and regularly monitor the conformity assessment body's compliance with the approved body requirements.

(2) The Secretary of State must be satisfied that that the conformity assessment body meets the approved body requirements and may accept an accreditation certificate, provided in accordance with paragraph 1(b), as sufficient evidence that the conformity assessment body meets the approved body requirements.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Schs. 2-5 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Marine Equipment) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/470), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 27(2) (with regs. 5, 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1000, regs. 1, 7(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)