New Zealand Legislation: Bills

19 Establishment of professional advisory committees

• (1) IANZ must establish 1 or more professional advisory committees relating to particular programmes as IANZ determines are necessary to advise IANZ on accreditation matters in New Zealand.

  (2) IANZ may—

  • (a) determine the accreditation programme or programmes to which each professional advisory committee relates; and

  • (b) determine the number of professional advisory committees; and

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

  (3) The functions of each professional advisory committee are to—

  • (a) develop criteria that are practicable for the relevant accreditation programme and recommend these criteria to IANZ; and

  • (b) advise IANZ on technical questions relating to conformity assessment in the relevant programme or programmes.