S.L. 607.3 Art. 35Accountability of the Authority.

The Authority shall have in place procedures for its own accountability, which shall include the following:

(a) documentation which demonstrates that its processes and results reflect its mission and goals of quality assurance and accreditation;

(b) a published policy for the assurance of its own quality;

(c) its own internal quality assurance system which includes an internal feedback mechanism, an internal reflection mechanism and an external feedback mechanism in order to inform and underpin its own development and improvement;

(d) a cyclical external review of its activities at least once every five years;

(e) a no-conflict-of-interest mechanism in the work of its external experts; and

(f) a reliable mechanism to ensure the quality of any activities and material produced by subcontractors, where some or all of the elements in its procedures are subcontracted to third parties.