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“measuring instrument” means any instrument which is used to measure a physical measurable quantity;

“reference material” means any material whose properties are used for the calibration of measuring instruments or the assessment of a measuring method, or the assignment of values to materials;

“certified reference material” means a reference material which is issued by the National Measurement Standards Laboratory or any other person or body, recognized by the National Measurement

Standards Laboratory;

“Ministry” means the Ministry charged with the responsibility for standards and accreditation;

“measurable quantity” means the attribute of a phenomenon body or substance that may be distinguished qualitatively and determined quantitatively;

“Council” means the National Measurement Council established under section 13;

“National Measurement Standards Laboratory” means the laboratory established under section 9;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for standards and accreditation;

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“national measurement system” means the technical and organizational infrastructure related to measurement within

Malaysia that enables individuals and organizations in Malaysia to make measurements competently and accurately and which are traceable to the National Measurement Standards;

“measurement standard” means a measuring material, measuring instrument or measuring system intended to define, realize, conserve or reproduce a unit or one or more values of a quantity to serve as a reference in the measurement of that measurable quantity;

“National Measurement Standard” means a measurement standard or reference material established, maintained or caused to be maintained by the National Measurement Standards Laboratory or organization appointed under subsection 12(1) to serve as the basis for assigning values to a particular measurable quantity;

“base unit” means one of the seven units of measurement as set out in the First Schedule upon which the International System of Units is based;

“units of measurement” means a particular measurable quantity, defined and adopted by convention, with which other quantities of the same kind are compared in order to express their magnitudes relative to that quantity;

“derived unit” means a unit of measurement derived from a combination of base units;

“International System of Units” means the coherent system measurement units as described in subsection 4(2) and the abbreviation “SI” wherever refers to in this Act shall be recognized as referring to such International System of Units;

“coordinated universal time” means the time scale maintained by the National Measurement Standards Laboratory and the abbreviation “UTC” wherever refers to in this Act shall be recognized as referring to such coordinated universal time;

“Malaysian Standard Time” means the time as given by coordinated universal time plus eight hours based on the time zone of Longitude 120° East.

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