National Measurement System Act 2007 · s 8

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s 8Traceability of measurement outside Malaysia

(1)

If there is no traceability to the National Measurement

Standards as set out in this Act established within Malaysia for any measurement made for the purposes of any written law, the measurement may be traceable to a measurement standards laboratory of another country or to a calibration laboratory in another country recognized under subsection (2).

(2)

The National Measurement Standards Laboratory may recognize any measurement standards laboratory or any calibration laboratory outside Malaysia to be a laboratory for the purposes of traceability under subsection (1).

(3)

Before recognizing any laboratory under subsection (2), the National Measurement Standards Laboratory shall be satisfied with the measurement capability of that laboratory and that the measurement standards or reference materials maintained by that laboratory are of sufficient accuracy for the purposes of traceability.