Editing Metrology (section)

=== Accreditation bodies ===
An organisation is accredited when an authoritative body determines, by assessing the organisation's personnel and management systems, that it is competent to provide its services.<ref name="NQI"/> For international recognition, a country's accreditation body must comply with international requirements and is generally the product of international and regional cooperation.<ref name="NQI"/> A laboratory is evaluated according to international standards such as [[ISO/IEC 17025]] general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.<ref name=FCM/> To ensure objective and technically-credible accreditation, the bodies are independent of other national measurement system institutions.<ref name="NQI"/> The [[National Association of Testing Authorities]]<ref>{{cite web|title=NATA – About Us|url=http://www.nata.com.au/about-nata|publisher=NATA|access-date=25 March 2018|language=en-gb}}</ref> in Australia and the [[United Kingdom Accreditation Service]]<ref>{{cite web|title=About UKAS|url=https://www.ukas.com/about/|publisher=UKAS|access-date=25 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> are examples of accreditation bodies.