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Technical Advisory Council
The Technical Advisory Council (TAC) is appointed by the JAS-ANZ Governing Board to provide impartiality and transparency on matters relating to JAS-ANZ activities and decisions.
The TAC is defined in the treaty which established JAS-ANZ and as such it is a permanent and important part of the structure of JAS-ANZ. The TAC Chair attends JAS-ANZ Governing Board meetings as an observer.
Responsibilities
a. To safeguard impartiality;
b. To develop and maintain the principles and major policies of operation of its accreditation system; and
c. Provide an opportunity for the effective involvement by interested parties.
Functions
a. Review and endorse criteria and conditions, in line with Governing Board policy, for the granting, maintaining, extending, reducing, suspending and withdrawing accreditation;
b. Review and endorse any technical variation to the criteria and conditions for the granting, maintaining, extending, reducing, suspending and withdrawing accreditation;
c. Reviewing the implementation of Governing Board policy and reporting the outcome to the Governing Board;
d. Reviewing the performance of the joint accreditation system, including the Accreditation Review Board (ARB) and report the outcome to the Governing Board;
e. Delegating authority to committees or individuals, as required, to undertake defined activities on its behalf;
f. Establishing Technical Committees to develop and make recommendations as to the criteria and conditions to be applied in new areas of accreditation;
g. Establishing Consultative Committees to advise the TAC and/or the Secretariat on any aspect of its business;
h. Provide advice to the Governing Board on matters relating to the joint accreditation system, including policy matters relating to the operation of the ARB, the implementation of those policies and the performance of the ARB; and
i. Develop and recommend to the Governing Board rules of procedure for the ARB to enable it to deal with applications for accreditation, assessments in relation to such applications and also for the granting, maintaining, extending, reducing, suspending and withdrawing of accreditation.
Current members of the TAC (as at 4 December 2009)
The membership of TAC includes representatives from key stakeholder groups including conformity assessment bodies, purchasers of the services of conformity assessment bodies, regulators, and consumers.
Mr Mike Batty (Chairperson), Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, New Zealand.
Representing: Manufacturers.
Mr Andrew Baines, AsureQuality, New Zealand.
Representing: Inspection Bodies.
Mr Tony Bennett, Telarc SAI, New Zealand.
Representing: Certification Bodies.
Ms Marie Colwell, Colwell Sacerdoti Healthcare Management Consultants, Australia.
Representing: Health and Human Services sector.
Mr Alex Ezrakhovich, SAI Global, Australia.
Representing: Certification Bodies.
Mr Alan Humphreys, Workplace Standards Tasmania, Australia.
Representing: Regulators.
Mr Philip Lingard, Director, DMO Process Improvement, Australia.
Representing: User Groups.
Ms Shona Scott, NZFSA, New Zealand.
Representing: Regulators.
Dr Darryl Yaniuk, O'Brien Glass Industries, Australia.
Representing: Manufacturers.
Contact the TAC
