Malaysia legislation
Section 30
of STANDARD AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIA (INCORPORATION) ACT 1975
Section 30
(2)
If on an application being made under subsection (1) the Council is satisfied that the commodity, process, or practice in connexion with which the applicant desires to use a standard mark conforms to a standard specification, it may grant to the applicant a licence/to use the standard mark subject to such conditions, if any, as the Council may think fit or as may be prescribed by rules.
(2A)
---and conditions AABBs.
(3)
No licence under this section shall be granted for any period exceeding one year but—
(a)
so long as the terms of the licence are complied with, the licence may from time to time be renewed by the Council for such period or periods, not exceeding one year at a time, as it thinks fit;
(b)
the licence shall be deemed to be renewed from time to time for periods of one year unless specifically revoked.
(4)
Every person who applies for a licence to be granted under this section and every person to whom a licence is so granted shall, if he is at any time required by the Council to do so—
(a)
submit for examination or testing samples of the commodity in respect of which the licence is applied for or has been granted;
(b)
submit any information relating to the production and testing by him of that commodity or relating to the process or practice in respect of which the licence is applied for or has been granted.
(5)
Any sample required under subsection (4) to be submitted for examination or testing may be selected at random by any person acting for the Council and shall be submitted to the Council without any charge being made by the person submitting it.
(6)
When any sample of a commodity has been submitted or selected for examination or testing pursuant to this section, there shall be payable to the Council by the applicant or licensee whose commodity has been so submitted or selected the reasonable costs of the examination or testing and such other costs as may reasonably be incurred in connexion with the examination or testing.
(8)
The Council may at any time suspend or revoke a licence/granted under this section, but—
(a)
a licensee whose licence has been suspended or revoked by the Standards Committee in exercise of the powers delegated to it by the Council may appeal to the Council; and
(7)
The Council shall keep a register in which there shall be recorded the details of every licence granted under this section and which shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by the public at the office of the Council.
(b)
a licensee whose licence has been suspended or revoked by the Council or who is dissatisfied with the decision of the Council on an appeal made by him under paragraph (a) may appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.