Malaysia legislation
Section 13
Section 13
(a)
a Chairman;
(b)
a Deputy Chairman;
(c)
a representative of the successor company;
(d)
five representatives of the Government; and
(e)
not more than twelve other members who, in the opinion of the Minister, have wide experience or special knowledge in matters relating to standardization and accreditation.
(2)
The Director General shall be an ex officio member of the
Council.
(3)
Subject to the direction and control of the Minister, the duties of the Council shall be —
(a)
to advise the Minister in respect of standardization and accreditation policies, programmes, schemes, projects and activities;
(b)
to advise the Minister in respect of programmes, schemes, projects and activities to promote industrial efficiency and development, and for consumer protection, through standardization and accreditation activities;
(c)
to advise the Minister in respect of standard for commodities, processes, practices and services;
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(d)
to advise the Minister on the priorities in respect of standardization to ensure maximum effectiveness;
(e)
to advise the Minister on the effective implementation of
Malaysian Standards for commodities, processes, practices and services;
(f)
to approve criteria relating to the preparation, approval, acceptance and designation of standards in Malaysia;
(g)
to approve criteria relating to the accreditation of a conformity assessment body;
(h)
(Deleted by Act A1425);
(i)
to advise the Minister on the promotion and implementation of accreditation programmes;
(j)
(Deleted by Act A1425);
(k)
to perform any other function as may be determined or delegated by the Minister.
(4)
A member of the Council shall, unless he sooner resigns or vacates his office or his appointment is sooner revoked, hold office for a term of three years and shall be eligible for reappointment for any successive periods not exceeding three years.
(4A)
The Minister may appoint, on the nomination of a member, not more than one person to be an alternate member of the member to attend meetings of the Council in place of the member when the member is for any reason unable to attend.
(4B)
When attending meetings of the Council in place of a member, an alternate member shall be deemed to be a member of the Council.
(5)
In the event of the Chairman being absent or unable to act due to illness or any other cause or if the office of the Chairman is vacant, the Deputy Chairman shall carry out the duties and functions of the
Chairman.
(6)
In the event of an equal division of votes on any matter before the Council, the Chairman shall have the casting vote.
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