Sch 1A para 9 Final assessment and pressure equipment, assembly, checks
(1) The manufacturer shall perform a final assessment of the pressure equipment, or assembly, monitored by means of unexpected visits by an approved body chosen by the manufacturer. (2) The approved body shall carry out, or have carried out for them, product checks which shall— (a) be carried out at random intervals determined by the approved body; (b) verify the quality of the internal checks of the pressure equipment, or assembly (taking into account the technological complexity of the equipment, or assembly, and the quantity of production); (c) establish that the manufacturer performs final assessment in accordance with paragraphs 25 to 28 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations; (d) take samples of pressure equipment and assemblies at the manufacturing or storage premises in order to conduct checks (the approved body assesses 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 of the samples). (3) The acceptance sampling procedure to be applied is intended to determine whether the manufacturing process of the pressure equipment, or assembly, performs within acceptable limits, with a view to ensuring conformity of the pressure equipment, or assembly. (4) The approved body shall take appropriate measures where an item of pressure equipment or assembly does not conform. (5) The manufacturer shall, under the responsibility of the approved body, affix the approved body's identification number during the manufacturing process.