28. Section 2 of the Act of 2005 is amended by inserting the following definitions in subsection (1):

"accreditation" means attestation that a conformity assessment body meets the requirements—

(a) of a harmonised standard and, where applicable, any additional requirements in accordance with the Accreditation Regulation, or

(b) of a non-harmonised international standard,

to carry out a specific conformity assessment activity;

"Accreditation Board" shall be construed in accordance with section 56A;

"Accreditation Regulation" means Regulation (EC) No. 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008¹;

"Act of 1993" means the Industrial Development Act 1993;

"Appeals Board" means an Appeals Board established under section 56G;

"conformity assessment" means the process demonstrating whether specified requirements relating to a product, process, service, system or person have been fulfilled;

"conformity assessment body" means a person who performs conformity assessment activities, including calibration, testing, certification and inspection;

"harmonised standard" has the same meaning as it has in the Accreditation Regulation;

"Manager of the Accreditation Board" shall be construed in accordance with section 56A(6);”.