ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Annex A. b) relating to a Type C inspection body describes how design//manufacture/supply etc and the inspection of the same item can be carried out by the same person where explicitly allowed by a ‘regulatory requirement’.
In this context, does the reference to ’regulatory requirement’ mean that this exception has to be written into a relevant regulation or does it also include where a Regulator provides guidance stating that this exception is permissible when undertaken as part of the regulated inspection activity?
September 2019
September 2019
The wording of A.3 b) says “where a regulatory requirement explicitly allows”. Normally exceptions will be set up within the regulation or in related authorized guidance documents.