Standards of Malaysia Act 1996 · Updated to 30 Apr 2012 · Part IV · Establishment of the Standards and Accreditation Council
13. Establishment of the Standards and Accreditation Council and its functions
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
There shall be established a Council to be known as the
Council
“Council” means the Malaysian Standards and Accreditation Council established under subsection 13(1);
Malaysian Standards and Accreditation Council consisting of the following members appointed by the Minister:
accreditation
“accreditation” means a procedure by which the Department gives attestation that a conformity assessment body is competent to carry out specific conformity assessment activity;
a Chairman;
a Deputy Chairman;
a representative of the successor company;
five representatives of the Government; and
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.
The Director General shall be an ex officio member of the
Director General
“Director General” means the Director General of the Department of Standards appointed under section 9;
Council.
Subject to the direction and control of the Minister, the duties of the Council shall be —
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for standards and accreditation;
to advise the Minister in respect of standardization and accreditation policies, programmes, schemes, projects and activities;
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;
to advise the Minister in respect of standard for commodities, processes, practices and services;
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to advise the Minister on the priorities in respect of standardization to ensure maximum effectiveness;
to advise the Minister on the effective implementation of
Malaysian Standards for commodities, processes, practices and services;
to approve criteria relating to the preparation, approval, acceptance and designation of standards in Malaysia;
to approve criteria relating to the accreditation of a conformity assessment body;
(Deleted by Act A1425);
to advise the Minister on the promotion and implementation of accreditation programmes;
(Deleted by Act A1425);
to perform any other function as may be determined or delegated by the Minister.
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.
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.
When attending meetings of the Council in place of a member, an alternate member shall be deemed to be a member of the Council.
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.
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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Terms defined in s 2
accreditation
Defined · s 2“accreditation” means a procedure by which the Department gives attestation that a conformity assessment body is competent to carry out specific conformity assessment activity;
conformity assessment
Defined · s 2“conformity assessment” means an activity of testing, calibrating, inspecting, certifying or any other activity as the Director General may determine for the purpose of demonstrating that the specific requirements relating to a commodity, process, system, person, practice or service are fulfilled;
Council
Defined · s 2“Council” means the Malaysian Standards and Accreditation Council established under subsection 13(1);
Director General
Defined · s 2“Director General” means the Director General of the Department of Standards appointed under section 9;
Minister
Defined · s 2“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for standards and accreditation;
standard
Defined · s 2“standard” means a document established by consensus and approved by a recognized body, that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context, with which compliance is not mandatory;
standardization
Defined · s 2“standardization” means the activity of establishing, with regard to actual or potential problems, provisions for common and repeated use, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context;
successor company
Defined · s 2“successor company” means the company limited by shares incorporated under the Companies Act 1965 and named by the Minister in the order under subsection 3(1) to which property, rights, liabilities and functions of the Institute are transferred and vested in;
Part V
Standards and Accreditation
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General
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