Cap. 427 Art. 38Regulations with respect to products.

The Minister may, on the advice of the Director General

(Technical Regulations), make regulations -

(a) prescribing levels of minimum permissible quality in relation to any class, category or type of product, including the packaging thereof;

(b) prescribing mandatory requirements with respect to the design, methods of manufacture, construction, safety, finishing, testing, quality control, labelling, classification, packaging, grading, storage, transportation and environmental impact of any class, category or type of goods, materials, substances, plant, installations or structures;

(c) adopting and implementing any commitments and obligations relating to products arising out of or under any treaty, convention or other international agreement, whether bilateral, regional or multilateral, to which Malta is a party;

(d) concerning the matters to be taken into account in determining whether, and at what times, samples should be procured;

(e) regarding the manner of procuring samples, including the steps to be taken to ensure that the samples procured are fair and adequate samples;

(f) regarding the method of dealing with samples, including, where appropriate, their division into parts;

(g) regarding the persons to whom the samples or parts of the samples are to be delivered and the persons by whom they are to be retained;

(h) regarding the notices which are to be given to, and the information which is to be furnished by, the persons responsible for any product;

(i) regarding the methods which are to be used in analysing or examining samples, or in classifying and evaluating the results of analyses or examinations;

(j) regarding the circumstances in which an analyst or examiner is to be precluded, by reason of conflict of interest, from analysing or examining a particular sample;

(k) establishing the processes whereby particular products may be said to have undergone a reconditioning process for any of the purposes of this Act; and

(l) designating any manufactured article, item or substance as a "product" for all or any purposes of this Act.