Proposals for the Trade Measurement Accreditation and Verification Scheme: Discussion Paper

October 2003

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has prepared a position paper on proposed changes to the Trade Measurement Accreditation and Verification Scheme.

This paper describes proposed changes to the Trade Measurement Accreditation Scheme based on submissions received on the May 2003 paper Review of the Trade Measurement Accreditation and Verification Scheme.

Before proposed changes to the existing accreditation scheme can be recommended to the Minister of Consumer Affairs, the Ministry wishes to obtain comment from interested parties. These will be collated and, where relevant, included in the report to the Minister of Consumer Affairs on the final recommendation for the amended scheme.

Your comments are sought on whether the Ministry should consider the merits of the proposed accreditation scheme explained in this paper.

The closing date for submissions is: 5 December 2003

Printed copies of the discussion paper are available from the Ministry. The paper can be ordered using our online Publications form.

ISBN 0-478-26351-1

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