ANNEX
Letter from the Clerk of the Committee to the Lead
Officer, Legal Metrology, Institute of Trading Standards Administration
and the Senior Executive Officer, LACOTS
Quality Systems
We note that you raised a number of concerns in your response
to the consultation exercise relating to the specified quality
system requirements for applicants to become self-verifiers. You
say that you accept that the proposed Order should not refer to
a specific standard, but believe that more detail should be included
in the legislation. The Committee would be grateful if you would
expand further on the detail that you believe should be included.
The Department states that the standards required for quality
systems will be the same for applicants both within and outside
Great Britain. The Committee would like to know whether you are
satisfied that the specified standards will be the same.
Implications for Local Government
We also note that all three elements of the proposed Order were
expected to have financial implications for local authorities.
The Department reports that it held talks with ITSA and LACOTS
on this point, and that agreement was reached to transfer funds
from the Department of Trade and Industry to the Department of
the Environment, Transport and the Regions to offset losses in
income from inspections and some added administrative costs.
We would like to know what impact you believe the proposed Order
would have on local government inspection bodies.
12 June 1998
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