Standards and Accreditation Bill

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This bill seeks to consolidate the law relating to standards and accreditation of conformity assessment bodies. It would repeal and replace the Standards Act 1988 and the Testing Laboratory Registration Act 1972, setting up new arrangements for New Zealand Standards development and approval and make changes to the institutional arrangements for the Testing Laboratory Registration Council to better reflect the nature of its functions.