New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe objects of this Act are as follows--
(a) to provide for the registration of persons to carry out certification work and the accreditation of persons to carry out other regulated work,
(b) to recognise that certification work is an important public function with potential impacts on public health, safety and amenity and to ensure that it is carried out impartially, ethically and in the public interest,
(c) to provide for the approval of certain bodies corporate as accreditation authorities to exercise accreditation functions under this Act,
(d) to ensure appropriate scrutiny and review of actions taken by persons exercising functions under this Act and the certification legislation,
(e) to provide a framework to permit the continuous improvement of the carrying out of certification work.