43.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, an approved body is a body which has been appointed—
(a)to carry out one or more of the following—
(i)one or more conformity assessment procedures;
(ii)the conformity reassessment procedure;
(iii)periodic inspection procedure module 1 in relation to transportable pressure equipment which is a pressure receptacle or periodic inspection procedure, module 2 in relation to transportable pressure equipment which is a tank under the supervision of a notified body as provided for in module 2; and
(b)as an approved body—
(i)pursuant to regulation 44; or
(ii)by another member State, and whose appointment has been communicated by that member State to the Commission and the other member States pursuant to article 9 of the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive.
(2) In respect of any conformity assessment undertaken pursuant to regulation 39, an approved body shall work exclusively for the group of which it is a member and in this paragraph and in Schedules 4 to 8 “group” has the same meaning as in the Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive.