Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Act 2014
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PART 7 Irish National Accreditation Board | ||
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Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2005 | ||
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28. Section 2 of the Act of 2005 is amended by inserting the following definitions in subsection (1): | ||
‘accreditation’ means attestation that a conformity assessment body meets the requirements— | ||
(a) of a harmonised standard and, where applicable, any additional requirements in accordance with the Accreditation Regulation, or | ||
(b) of a non-harmonised international standard, | ||
to carry out a specific conformity assessment activity; | ||
‘Accreditation Board’ shall be construed in accordance with section 56A; | ||
‘Accreditation Regulation’ means Regulation (EC) No. 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 20081 ; | ||
‘Act of 1993’ means the Industrial Development Act 1993 ; | ||
‘Appeals Board’ means an Appeals Board established under section 56G; | ||
‘conformity assessment’ means the process demonstrating whether specified requirements relating to a product, process, service, system or person have been fulfilled; | ||
‘conformity assessment body’ means a person who performs conformity assessment activities, including calibration, testing, certification and inspection; | ||
‘harmonised standard’ has the same meaning as it has in the Accreditation Regulation; | ||
‘Manager of the Accreditation Board’ shall be construed in accordance with section 56A(6) ;”. | ||