22 January 2010
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT STANDARDS ACT,
B.E. 2511 (1968) (1)
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BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ, REX.
Given on the 27 th Day of December B.E. 2511;
Being the 23 rd Year of the Present Reign.
His majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been graciously pleased to proclaim that:
Whereas it is expedient to have a law on industrial product standards;
Be it, therefore, enacted by the King, by and with the advice and consent of the National Assembly, as follows:
Section 1. This Act is called the "Industrial Product Standards Act, B.E. 2511"
Section 2. This Act shall come into force as from the day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette. (2)
Section 3. In this Act:
Section 3. In this Act:
"standard" means specifications on one or many of descriptions concerning the following:
(1) kind, type, shape, dimension, manufacture,equipment, quality, grade, component, faculty, durability and safety of the industrial products;
(2) methods of manufacture, design, drawing, usage, material used for the industrial products and safety concerning the manufacture of the industrial products;
(3) kind, type, shape, dimension of packages or other kinds of containers including the making of packages or other kinds of containers, and methods of packing, wrapping or binding and materials used therefor;
(4) methods of experiment, analysis, comparison, examination, testing and weighing and measuring in volume and size concerning the industrial products;
(5) proper name, abbreviation, symbol, sign, colour, number and unit of technical process concerning industrial products;
(6) other specifications concerning industrial products according to the Notifications of the Minister or the Royal Decrees;
"Institute"means the Industrial Product Standards Institute;
"Council"means Industrial Product Standards Council;
"Competent official" means a person appointed by the Minister for the execution of this Act;
"Minister" means the Minister having charge and control of the execution of this Act.
Section 4. (3) There shall be established the Industrial Product Standards Institute in the Ministry of Industry with the following power and duties:
(1) to examine applications for the use of a standard mark under section 16, applications for licence to manufacture or import industrial products under section 20, section 20 bis, section 21 and section 21 bis for further submission to the council;
(2) to inspect and control the manufacture of industrial products, industrial products which are required by the Royal Decree to conform with the standard and industrial products which are permitted to be manufactred under section 20 bis;
(3) to inspect and control the industrial products which are required by a Royal Decree to conform with the standard and imported for sale including industrial products which are permitted to be imported under section 21 bis;
(4) to supervise the use of the standard mark;
(5) to carry out other matters as entrusted by the Council.
Section 4 bis. (4) The Secretary-General of the Industrial Product Standards Institute shall have the duty to supervise and control the administration of the Industrial Product Standards Institute.
Section 5. (5) The Minister, with the Approval of the Council, shall have the power to publish in the Government Gazette designating Government agencies, Government organizations, state enterprises or other agencies, either within or outside the country, to be inspectors for the inspection of industrial products for further submission to the Council whether or not they conform with the standards.
Section 6. (6) The Minister has the power to publish in the Government Gazette determining the rates of expenses for the inspection of industrial products or materials under section 16, section 20, section 20 bis, section 21, section 21 bis and section 44 (1) only in respect of the industrial products using the standard marks under section 16 or receiving licences or being permitted under section 20, section 20 bis, section 21 or section 21 bis, as the case may be.
The expenses for the inspection of industrial products or materials under paragraph one shall be collected form the applicant for a licence, the licensee, the person who obtains a permit, the manufacturer, the importer, the seller or the person having the products for sale, as the case may be.
Section 7. (7) There shall be an Industrial Product Standards Council consisting of the Permanent Secretary for Industry as chairman, Director-General of the Department of Industrial Works, Director-General of the Department of Industrial Promotion, representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, representative of the Ministry of Interior, representative of the Ministry of Commerce, representative of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Energy, representative of the Ministry of Public Health, representative of the Customs Department, representative of Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, representative of the Office of the Board of Investment, representative of the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board and not more than six qualified persons appointed. by the Council of Ministers as members.
The Secretary-General of the Industrial Product Standards Institute shall be member and secretary.
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(1) As amended by the Industrial Product Standards Act (No.2),B.E.2522 (1979) and (no.3) , B.E. 2522 (1979)
(2) published in the Government Gazette Vol. 105 ,Part 206, Special Issue, dated 8 th December B.E. 2531 (1988) and Vol.109, Part 45, dated 9 th April B.E. 2535 (1992)
(3) As amended by section 3 of the Industrial Product Standards Act (No.3),B.E. 2522 (1979)
(4) Added by section 3 of the Industrial Product Standards Act (No.2), B.E. 2522 (1979)
(5) As amended by section 3 of the Industrial Product Standards Act (No.4),.B.E. 2531 (1988)
(6) As amended by section 4 of the Industrial Product Standards Act (No.4),B.E. 2531 (1988)
(7) As amended by section 4 of the Industrial Product Standards Act (No.2),B.E. 2522 (1979) |
