Act 16 2021 - Act 16 - Seychelles Bureau Standards (Amendment) Act 2021
This Act amends the Seychelles Bureau of Standards Act, 2014 by changing how the Bureau’s Board is set up and by updating wording in section 8.
[20th April 2021] Supplement to Official Gazette 401 SEYCHELLES BUREAU OF STANDARDS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2021 (Act 16 of 2021) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Sections 1. Short title 2. Amendment of section 5 of Act 2 of 2014 3. Amendment of section 8 [20th April 2021] Supplement to Official Gazette 403 SEYCHELLES BUREAU OF STANDARDS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2021 (Act 16 of 2021) I assent Wavel Ramkalawan President 16th April, 2021 AN ACT to amend the Seychelles Bureau of Standards Act, 2014 (Act 2 of 2014). ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly. Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Seychelles Bureau of Standards (Amendment) Act, 2021. 404 Supplement to Official Gazette [20th April 2021] Amendment of section 5 of Act 2 of 2014 2. Section 5 of the Seychelles Bureau of Standards Act, 2014 (Act 2 of 2014) is amended by repealing subsections (1) and (2), and substituting therefor the following subsections — “(1) The Bureau shall be administered by a Board, consisting of 7 members, appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Minister. (2) The members appointed under subsection (1) shall be persons of integrity, possessing qualifications and experience in standardisation, business management, finance, marketing or science and technology.”. Amendment of section 8 of Act 2 of 2014 3. Section 8 of the principal Act is amended — (a) in subsection (a) by repealing the words “provide the strategic vision and” and replacing them by “administer the”; (b) in subsection (d) by repealing the words “Ministry of finance” and replacing them by “Minister”. I certify that this is a correct copy of the Bill which was passed by the National Assembly on 14th April, 2021. Mrs. Tania Isaac Clerk to the National Assembly