reg 40 Capacity serving measures - accredited in house bodies
(1) This regulation applies to the conformity assessment of capacity serving measures. (2) An accredited in-house body may be used to carry out conformity assessment activities for the undertaking of which it forms part for the purposes of implementing the procedures set out in Module A2 in Schedule 1B . (3) The body must constitute a separate and distinct part of the undertaking and must not participate in the design, production, supply, installation, use or maintenance of the regulated measuring instrument it assesses. (4) An accredited in-house body must meet the following requirements— (a) it must be accredited in accordance with RAMS; (b) the body and its personnel must be organisationally identifiable and have reporting methods within the undertaking of which they form a part which ensure their impartiality and demonstrate it to the relevant national accreditation body; (c) neither the body, nor its personnel shall be responsible for the design, manufacture, supply, installation, operation or maintenance of the regulated measuring instruments they assess nor shall they engage in any activity that might conflict with their independence of judgment or integrity in relation to their assessment activities; and (d) it must supply its services exclusively to the undertaking of which it forms a part. (5) An accredited in-house body need not be approved by the Secretary of State, but information concerning its accreditation must be given by the undertaking of which it forms part to the Secretary of State at the request of the Secretary of State.