Amendments to Article 49
49.—(1) Article 49 (identification numbers and lists of notified bodies) is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading, for “notified” substitute “approved”.
(3) In paragraph 1—
(a)for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”;
(b)for “notified”, in both places, substitute “approved”;
(c)for “Union acts” substitute “relevant enactments”.
(4) In paragraph 2—
(a)in the first subparagraph—
(i)for “Commission”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “Secretary of State”;
(ii)for “bodies notified under this Regulation” substitute “approved bodies”;
(iii)for the words from “notified, notably” to the end of the sentence substitute “approved.”;
(b)in the second subparagraph, for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”.
(5) After paragraph 2, insert—
“3. The Secretary of State may authorise the UK national accreditation body to compile and maintain the list referred to in paragraph 2.”.