| | Standardization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | The Directorate consists of a Director appointed as described in Article 3 (16) of the MSA Act 2000, and a number of personnel to assist the Director in attaining the objectives of the Directorate. |
 | | The Board of Standards meets on a regular basis so as to ensure that the overall standardization policy of the MSA is executed properly. |
 | | A standard is a “document, established by consensus and approved by a recognized body, that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context”. |
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