Cap. 592 Art. 7Principles relating to certification.

(1) The Authority may certify different innovative technology arrangements for one or more specified purposes and with reference to:

(a) qualities;

(b) features;

(c) attributes;

(d) behaviours; or

(e) aspects, as may be determined by the Authority, and which shall be stated in the certification.

(2) The issue of a certification for one purpose, quality and feature, attribute and behaviour or other aspect shall neither operate as a certification for different purposes, qualities and features, attributes and behaviours or aspects nor shall it bar the issue of other certifications for other purposes, qualities and features, attributes and behaviours or aspects.

(3) The Authority shall from time to time establish guidelines on the purposes, qualities and features, attributes and behaviours or aspects for which it will and, or will not issue certifications and in so doing shall also establish the basis for the particular certifications or refusals.

It shall also establish guidelines on other matters such as the review processes and the timing of such reviews for the purposes of maintaining in place any certifications it may issue. ARRANGEMENTS AND SERVICES

(4) The Authority may designate, and make public, any international or other standards of certification it may rely on when issuing its own certification under this Act.

(5) The Authority may amend the guidelines referred to above from time to time including to enhance the qualitative standards of its reviews but such amendments shall not, except with the consent of any applicant with a pending application or the holder of the certification, come into force prior to the lapse of at least six

(6) months after the publication of such amendments and, in any case, shall only apply from the next review due under the relative guidelines immediately after the lapse of the said six (6) months.

(6) Once certified, an innovative technology arrangement shall be granted a Certificate under this Act which shall state the details of how the innovative technology arrangement is identified, including any public key or a brand name, and the Certificate shall be given a unique number for purposes of identification.

(7) The certified innovative technology arrangement shall post the Certificate on the arrangement, in a specific location which shall be notified to the Authority, in an easily accessible and legible format so it can be viewed and understood by all users of the innovative technology arrangement.

(8) When a Certificate is issued in favour of an innovative technology arrangement it shall be presumed to refer to all parts of the innovative technology arrangement which are described as constituting the arrangement in the application unless expressly stated otherwise, in which case, it shall refer only to the specific parts designated as the subject of the certification.