(1) No person in Malaysia shall carry on or operate, or hold itself out as carrying on or operating, as a certifying agency for the purposes of certifying compliance with the standards or proficiencies required unless that person has been registered with the Commission as a certifying agency. 

 

(2) Notwithstanding subregulation (1) , any person performing the function of a certifying agency before the date of coming into operation of these Regulations shall be deemed to have been duly registered under these Regulations until the registration has been reviewed by the Commission. 

 

(3) A person who contravenes subregulation (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.