Malaysia legislation
Section 5
Section 5
(1)
The Council shall have the following functions:
(a)
to perform the duties and functions and exercise the powers provided in this Act;
(b)
to determine and regulate the professional conduct and ethics of food analysts and to issue any code of ethics for food analysts;
(c)
to determine the scale of fees to be charged by registered food analysts for services rendered;
(d)
to hear and determine disputes relating to the professional conduct or ethics of registered food analysts
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and to establish committees or appoint arbitrators to hear and determine such disputes;
(e)
to conduct examinations in association with the
Malaysian Institute of Food Technology for admission to the food analysis profession;
(f)
to hold or cause to be held professional development programmes for registered food analysts to further enhance their knowledge in the latest developments relating to the practise of food analysis;
(g)
to issue guidelines to specify the procedures and test methods of food analysis; and
(h)
to do such other things as it considers fit to enable it to perform its functions effectively or that are incidental to the performance of its functions.
(2)
The Council shall have all such powers as may be necessary for, or in connection with, or reasonably incidental to, the performance of its functions under subsection (1).
(3)
The Council shall not borrow or raise money in any manner without the prior approval of the Minister and the Minister of
Finance.
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