| (1) | The procedure to be followed by the board for— |
| (a) | the development of regulator standards; |
| (b) | the adoption or acceptance of existing standards as regulator standards; and |
| (b) | the amendment of existing regulator standards, |
is as set out in subregulation (2).
(2)
| (a) | The board must establish a technical committee which will assist the board in the development, adoption or acceptance of standards. |
| (b) | The technical committee contemplated in paragraph (a) must comprise representatives of relevant parties, such as organs of state, industry associations, consumer organisations, non-governmental organisations, organised labour and operators. |
| (c) | The technical committee may, where deemed necessary, appoint working groups comprising of experts in the field to be covered by the standard for the purpose of reviewing the standard under consideration. |
| (d) | The technical committee must conduct the technical review and editing of the proposed standard referred to in paragraph (c) and recommend the adoption or acceptance of that standard by the board; |
| (e) | The standard referred to in paragraph (d) must be published by the Regulator, for a period not less than 60 days, in the Government Gazette for comment by interested parties. |
| (f) | The technical committee may, after the collation and consideration of comments received in accordance with paragraph (e), accept and incorporate the relevant comments into the proposed regulator standard. |
| (g) | The proposed regulator standard must be submitted to the board for adoption or acceptance. |
| (3) | The regulator standards developed, adopted or accepted by the board in accordance with the procedure set out in subregulation (2), must be published in the Government Gazette in order to enable compliance with section 29(2) of the Act. |
