LEIA joins fellow Actuate UK members asking for UKCA Mark transition for construction projects to be extended.
Leading engineering services sector body Actuate UK has issued a warning about serious consequences for businesses, public and commercial projects as well as domestic customers in only six months if a major issue regarding product compliance and standard marking is not resolved. It asks for an extension of the transition time to the new arrangements to avoid delays and allow all products to be tested and accredited.
Nick Mellor, LEIA’s Managing Director added on how the issue is impacting the sector:
“Under the new arrangements, a wide range of equipment placed on the Great Britain market from 1 January 2022 would need to be UKCA-marked. In many cases, where Approved Bodies are needed as part of the conformity process in place of EU Notified Bodies, there is a critical shortage of Approved Body capacity to deliver re-certification to UKCA rules by the end of this year. For lifts and safety components for lifts there is currently only one UK Approved Body able to undertake such certification, yet we have thousands of such components which we need to be able to use.”