Approval, etc., of equipment

(1) Where licences granted under section 14 include provisions which are framed by reference to equipment for the time being approved under this section for connection to electrical systems to which the licences relate, then, for the purposes of those provisions, equipment may be approved for connection to those systems by the Commission. (2) A person applying for an approval under this section may be required by the person to whom the application is made, to comply with such requirements as the person to whom the application is made may think appropriate; and those requirements may include a requirement to satisfy some other person with respect to any matter. (3) An approval under this section may apply either to particular equipment or to any equipment of a description specified in the approval and may so apply either for the purposes of a particular electrical system or for the purpose of any electrical system of a description so specified. 32 (4) An approval under this section may specify conditions which must be complied with if the approval is to apply, for any purposes specified in the approval, to any equipment which is so specified or is of a description so specified; and any such condition may impose on the person to whom the approval is given a requirement from time to time to satisfy any person with respect to any matter. (5) Nothing in this section shall preclude a person (not being the Commission) by whom any matter is to be determined for the purpose of any requirement imposed in pursuance of sub- section (2) or sub-section (4) from charging any fee in respect of the carrying out of any test or other assessment made by him. (6) Standards to which equipment of a description specified in the designation shall confirm whether it is to be approved for connection to an electric line or electrical plant so specified or of a description so specified may be designated by the Commission; and a standard so designated may apply subject to such exceptions as may be determined by or under the designation. (7) A designation under this section may specify conditions which must be complied with if equipment of a description specified in the designation is to be regarded, for any purposes so specified, as conforming to the standards to which the designation relates. (8) Before designating a standard under this section, the Commission shall give notice– (a) stating that it proposes to make the designation and setting out its effect; (b) stating any conditions which it proposes to specify in any such designation; and (c) specifying the time (not being less than twenty-eight days from the date of publication 33 of the notice) within which representations or objections with respect to the proposed designation may be made, and shall consider any representations or objections which are duly made and not withdrawn. (9) A notice under sub-section (8) shall be given by sending a copy of the notice to the person running the system and such other persons (if any) as the Commission considers appropriate. (10) Any power conferred by this section to give an approval or designate a standard includes power to vary or withdraw an approval given or designation made in the exercise of that (11) The Commission may by Order made by statutory instrument, provide for the charging of fees in respect of the exercise of any functions conferred by or under this section. (12) Any sums received under this section shall be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.