Act Number: 11

Act Name: The Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016.

Year: 2016

Enactment Date: 2016-03-21

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of a national standards body for the harmonious development of the activities of standardisation, conformity assessment and quality assurance of goods, articles, processes, systems and services and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Department: Department of Consumer Affairs

Section 5: Advisory Committees of Bureau.
    (1) Subject to any regulations made in this behalf, the Governing Council may, from time to time and as and when it is considered necessary, constitute the following Advisory Committees for the efficient discharge of the functions of the Bureau, namely:—
         (a) Finance Advisory Committee;
         (b) Conformity Assessment Advisory Committee;
         (c) Standards Advisory Committee;
         (d) Testing and Calibration Advisory Committee; and
         (e) such number of other committees as may be specified by regulations.
     (2) Each Advisory Committee shall consist of a Chairman and such other members as may be specified by regulations.
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