Section 5Sec./Art. 5

Creation of the National Metrology Board (NMB). - A National Metrology Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board, is hereby created and to be chaired by the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It shall be composed of the Secretaries of the following agencies or their duly authorized representative with the rank of Undersecretary, as ex officio members:

a) Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)

b) Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)

c) Department of Health (DOH);

d) Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG);

e) Department of Justice (DOJ);

f) Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR); and

g) Department of Agriculture (DA)

There shall be appointed to the Board one (1) representative each from the business sector, the professional metrology association of national membership and the academe, all of whom shall have a term of (3) years to be appointed by the President upon recommendation of the Secretary of the DOST.

The Industrial Technology and Development Institute (ITDI) is hereby mandated to serve as the Board's Secretariat. The National Metrology Laboratory presently existing as the laboratory arm of the ITDI is likewise hereby maintained and shall carry out the technical, calibration and laboratory functions to effectively implement the provisions of this Act. For the purpose of enforcing its mandate, the ITDI shall call upon the personnel of other departments and agencies of the government and private institutions to assist in the implementation of this Act.