National Measurement System Act 2007 · Updated to 1 Nov 2017 · Part V · General
14. Power to make regulations
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The Minister may make such regulations as are necessary or expedient to give full effect to or for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for standards and accreditation; National Measurement System 7
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the
Minister may make regulations in respect of all or any of the following purposes:
to prescribe the names, symbols, definitions and usage of the derived units of measurement;
to prescribe the names, symbols, definitions and usage of multiples and submultiples to be used in conjunction with the base and derived units of measurement;
to prescribe the use of the units as specified in the Second
Schedule;
to prescribe the requirements and interpretation of measurement traceability;
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to prescribe the requirements for the approval of a measuring instrument;
to prescribe in respect of an organization appointed under subsection 12(1)—
the duties and powers of the organization;
the terms and conditions of the organization; and
any other matters relating to the appointment of the organization;
to prescribe fees and other charges;
to provide generally for the performance of the functions, the exercise of the powers and the discharge of the duties of the National Measurement Standards Laboratory under the provisions of this Act.
Terms defined in s 3
measuring instrument
Defined · s 3“measuring instrument” means any instrument which is used to measure a physical measurable quantity;
Minister
Defined · s 3“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for standards and accreditation; National Measurement System 7
National Measurement Standards Laboratory
Defined · s 3“National Measurement Standards Laboratory” means the laboratory established under section 9;
national measurement system
Defined · s 3“national measurement system” means the technical and organizational infrastructure related to measurement within Malaysia that enables individuals and organizations in Malaysia to make measurements competently and accurately and which are traceable to the National Measurement Standards;
units of measurement
Defined · s 3“units of measurement” means a particular measurable quantity, defined and adopted by convention, with which other quantities of the same kind are compared in order to express their magnitudes relative to that quantity;