(1) The Departmental Chief Executive has a discretion to accredit a component, process or design.
(2) An accreditation may be granted subject to such conditions and qualifications, and for such period, as the Departmental Chief Executive thinks fit.
(3) In determining an application for accreditation, the Departmental Chief Executive may have regard to sources of information published or otherwise made available by such persons or bodies as the Departmental Chief Executive considers appropriate.
(4) In granting an accreditation, the Departmental Chief Executive must state the provisions of any regulation which the accredited component, process or design satisfies or with which the accredited component, process or design complies.