New Zealand Legislation: Bills

12 Establishment of sector advisory boards

• (1) Standards NZ must establish 1 or more sector advisory boards relating to particular sectors as Standards NZ determines are necessary to advise Standards NZ on standards priorities in New Zealand.

  (2) Standards NZ may—

  • (a) determine the sector or sectors to which each sector advisory board relates; and

  • (b) determine the number of sector advisory boards; and

  • (c) appoint the members of each sector advisory board in a way that ensures a balance of interests.

  (3) Each sector advisory board must consist of 1 or more representatives of each of the following:

  • (a) the regulator (if any) for the relevant sector:

  • (b) Standards NZ:

  • (c) the relevant sector:

  • (d) interest groups other than those described in paragraphs (a) to (c), which may include (as Standards NZ considers appropriate)—

    • (i) consumers:

    • (ii) relevant non-governmental organisations:

    • (iii) the academic sector:

    • (iv) any other relevant interest group.

  (4) The functions of each sector advisory board are to—

  • (a) develop and recommend strategies for standardisation in the relevant sector or sectors and inform Standards NZ of those strategies; and

  • (b) recommend to Standards NZ a programme for ensuring that standards relating to the relevant sector or sectors are reviewed and kept up to date; and

  • (c) advise Standards NZ on technical questions relating to standardisation in the relevant sector.