Procedure for declaration of standards

(1) Where the Bureau proposes to recommend to the Standards Council that a specification be declared a standard, it shall publish a notice to that effect, inviting comments from the public and persons interested in or affected by the matter. (2) The notice shall be published on two occasions in the Gazette, in a newspaper circulating in Belize, and in other media. The notice shall include– (a) the title and scope of the specification; (b) the reference and title of any foreign or international document from which it was adopted, if applicable; (c) the address where details or copies of specification may be obtained; (d) the last date on which comments may be received; 10 (e) the address to which comments may be received; (f) whether it is intended to recommend the specification as compulsory or otherwise. (3) All comments received in response to the notice shall be considered by the technical committee or by the staff of the Bureau; as the case may be; and the specification may be modified, varied or amended accordingly. (4) The Bureau shall prepare a report on the comments received in response to the notice and on any modifications, variations or amendments made to the specification. (5) The Bureau shall submit to the Standards Council a copy of the specification with any variation, modification or amendments thereon, together with the report referred to in subregulation (4) above, if it recommends that the specification be declared a standard. (6) If the Standards Council agree that a specification be declared a standard, three copies thereof shall be signed by the Chairperson of the Council and by the Director of Standards appointed under section 4 of the Act. CAP. 295.