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The Central Consumer Protection Authority wants specialist help on product safety and food safety for an inquiry. Under the Act, how may it obtain this expertise?
The Authority may itself engage experts and professionals of integrity and ability who have special knowledge in areas like product safety and food safety, following the procedure specified by regulations. It does not depend on the Central Council, State Council or District Commission for such expertise.
- ABy engaging experts and professionals of integrity and ability with special knowledge, following the procedure specified by regulationsCorrect
- BBy asking the Central Council to appoint them under its own rules
- CBy directing the State Council to second its members
- DBy requiring the District Commission to provide them
Explanation
Section 13(3) permits the Authority to engage experts and professionals with special knowledge in areas such as product safety, food safety, law, medicine and economics, in accordance with the procedure specified by regulations. The Councils and Commissions have no role in supplying them.
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