Sch 1A para 79 Verification of conformity by examination and testing of every item of pressure equipment or assembly
(1) All pressure equipment, or assemblies, shall be individually examined and appropriate tests set out in the relevant designated standards or equivalent tests shall be carried out in order to verify conformity with the approved type and described in the Type examination certificate and with the appropriate requirements of these Regulations. (2) In the absence of such a designated standard, the approved body concerned shall decide on the appropriate tests to be carried out. (3) The approved body shall— (a) verify that the personnel undertaking the permanent joining of parts and the non-destructive tests are qualified or approved in accordance with paragraphs 21 and 22 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations; (b) verify the certificate issued by the materials manufacturer in accordance with paragraphs 31(6) to (8) of Schedule 2 to these Regulations; and (c) carry out or have carried out the final inspection and proof test referred to in paragraphs 25 to 28 to Schedule 2 of these Regulations. (4) The approved body shall issue a certificate of conformity in respect of the examinations and tests carried out, and shall affix its identification number or have it affixed under its responsibility to each approved item of pressure equipment or assembly. (5) The manufacturer shall keep certificates of conformity available for inspection by the national authorities for 10 years after the pressure equipment, or assembly, has been placed on the market.