Kenya Accreditation Service Act
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"accreditation" means, in relation to a Conformity Assessment Body, an attestation by the Service that the conformity assessment body is competent to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks;"Accreditation Advisory Committee" means an Accreditation Advisory Committee established under section 9;"accredited body" means an organisation or a facility that has been accredited by the Service;"accreditation certificate" means a document or set of documents that states that accreditation has been granted to the conformity assessment body named in the documents, the conditions under which the accreditation has been granted and the scope of the accreditation;"accreditation mark" means the mark issued by the Service to be used by an accredited body to indicate that body's accreditation status;"accreditation scheme" means the rules, processes or any other requirements established by the Service relating to specific conformity assessment activities to which a similar accreditation standard applies;"accreditation symbol" means the symbol issued by the Service for use by a conformity assessment body to demonstrate its status of accreditation;"assessment" means the process undertaken by the Service to evaluate the competence of a conformity assessment body based on particular standards or other normative documents for a defined scope of accreditation;"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Service established under section 7;"conformity assessment" means a demonstration that specific requirements relating to a product, process, system, person or body have been fulfilled;"conformity assessment body" means a body that carries out compliance assessment services including testing, calibration, inspection, verification, certification of management systems, certification of persons, certification of products, processes or services, proficiency testing and production of reference materials;"Cabinet Secretary" means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters related to accreditation;"Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of the Service appointed under section 21;"scope of accreditation" means the specific conformity assessment services that may be offered by a conformity assessment body for which accreditation has been granted by the Service;"Service" means the Kenya Accreditation Service established under section 4; and"Tribunal" means the Accreditation Appeals Tribunal established under section 16.Source: Kenya Law