Standards of Malaysia Act 1996 · Updated to 30 Apr 2012 · Part VI · General
22. Regulations
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The Minister may make such regulations as may be expedient or necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for standards and accreditation;
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Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the
Minister may make regulations for or with respect to all or any of the following matters:
prescribing the manner in which standards may be declared to be Malaysian Standards;
regulating the promulgation of Malaysian Standards;
providing for the amendment, revision or withdrawal of any
Malaysian Standard or provisional Malaysian Standard and regulating the procedure in relation thereto;
prescribing the manner in which accreditation certificates may be granted;
regulating the issue of accreditation certificates, prescribing terms and conditions upon or subject to which such accreditation certificates may be issued, and regulating the renewal, suspension or revocation of accreditation certificates and the procedure for appealing against such suspension or revocation;
(Deleted by Act A1425);
prescribing methods of proving the existence or non-existence of the terms and conditions of any accreditation certificate granted under this Act;
prescribing forms for the purposes of this Act;
prescribing matters in respect of which fees are to be payable under this Act or the regulations, the amount of the fees, and the persons liable to pay them;
prescribing the procedures to be followed at meetings of the
Council;
prescribing the offences which may be compounded.
Regulations made under subsection (2) may prescribe any act in contravention of the regulations to be an offence and may prescribe
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penalties of a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
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;
Council
Defined · s 2“Council” means the Malaysian Standards and Accreditation Council established under subsection 13(1);
Malaysian Standard
Defined · s 2“Malaysian Standard” means a standard declared under section 15;
Minister
Defined · s 2“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for standards and accreditation;
provisional Malaysian Standard
Defined · s 2“provisional Malaysian Standard” means a standard which has not undergone the formal procedures of technical committees deliberation and public comment and — (a) which in the opinion of the Council is urgently needed; or (b) in respect of which the Minister considers that trial use thereof is necessary before it can be finalised;
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