58Authorised person or body may issue approvals

58 Authorised person or body may issue approvals

(1) The Authority may authorise a person or body to issue approvals under regulations 55 and 57.

(2) In giving its authorisation, the Authority may impose any condition it considers appropriate in relation to the issuing of approvals by the person or body.

(3) In issuing an approval, in addition to complying with any condition imposed under subregulation (2), the person or body must also—

(a) comply with any relevant requirements imposed by Part 6 of the ADG Code in relation to the issuing of the approval; and

(b) give the Authority, in relation to the approval, all of the information listed in regulation 185.

(4) If a person or body is authorised to issue approvals under this regulation—

(a) regulations 54, 55 and 57 apply as if a reference in those regulations to the Authority was a reference to the person or body; and

(b) Divisions 1 and 5 of Part 17, to the extent that they deal with approvals, apply as if a reference in those Divisions to the Authority was a reference to the person or body; and

(c) a reference in these Regulations to an approval under regulation 55 or 57 includes a reference to an approval issued by the body or other person under regulation 55 or 57 as applied under paragraph (a); and

(d) regulation 235(c), (d) and (i) apply as if a reference in regulation 235 to the Authority was a reference to the person or body.

(5) The Authority may withdraw an authorisation issued under this regulation at any time.

(6) The withdrawal of an authorisation does not affect any approval issued by the person or body before the withdrawal took effect.

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