Malaysia legislation
Section 6
Section 6
Section 13 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
by substituting for paragraph (1)(e) the following paragraph:
“(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.”;
(b)
in subsection (3)—
(i)
in paragraph (a), by inserting after the word “standardization” the words “and accreditation”;
(ii)
by substituting for paragraph (b) the following paragraph:
“(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;”;
(iii)
in paragraph (c), by deleting the word
“specifications”;
Standards of Malaysia (Amendment)
(iv)
by substituting for paragraph (f) the following paragraph:
“(f) to approve criteria relating to the preparation, approval, acceptance and designation of standards in
Malaysia;”;
(v)
by substituting for paragraph (g) the following paragraph:
“(g) to approve criteria relating to the accreditation of a conformity assessment body;”;
(vi)
by deleting paragraph (h); and
(vii)
by deleting paragraph (j);
(c)
by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsections:
“(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.”; and
(d)
by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsection:
“(6) In the event of an equal division of votes on any matter before the Council, the Chairman shall have the casting vote.”.
Amendment of heading of Part V