Sch 1A para 47 Final assessment and pressure equipment check
(1) The manufacturer shall choose an approved body to carry out checks, or have them carried out, at random intervals determined by that body. (2) Checks carried out by the approved body shall— (a) verify the quality of the final assessment; (b) verify the quality of the internal checks, taking into account the technological complexity of the pressure equipment, or assembly, and the quantity of production. (3) The approved body shall establish that the manufacturer actually performs the final assessment in accordance with paragraphs 25 to 28 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations. (4) An adequate sample of the final pressure equipment, or assembly, taken on-site by the approved body before placing on the market, shall be examined and appropriate tests as identified by the relevant parts of the designated standards, or equivalent test applying other technical specifications, shall be carried out to check the conformity of the pressure equipment, or assembly, with the relevant requirements of these Regulations. (5) The approved body shall assess the number of items of equipment to sample and whether it is necessary to perform, or have performed, all or part of the final assessment on pressure equipment, or assembly, samples. (6) Where a sample does not conform to the acceptable quality level, the approving body shall take appropriate measures. (7) The acceptance sampling procedure to be applied is intended to determine whether the manufacturing process of the pressure equipment performs within acceptable limits, with a view to ensuring conformity of the pressure equipment or assembly. (8) Where the tests are carried out by an approved body, the manufacturer shall, under the responsibility of the approved body, affix the approved body's identification number during the manufacturing process.