Restriction on the use of the word “Standard”

(1) Except with the consent of the Bureau, no person, whether a body corporate or not, shall carry on any business or perform any function under a name which contains the word in certain names. (2) Where any written law provides for the registration of any association of persons, the registering authority may refuse registration if in its opinion the use of the name by which the association desires to be registered is prohibited by subsection (1) of this section. 14 (3) Nothing in this section shall apply to the use of any name that was in use in Belize immediately before the commencement of this Act.