Applications for accreditation by laboratories

(1) Application for the accreditation of a laboratory or testing facility shall be made to the Bureau in writing and shall include– (a) details of the scientific, engineering and technological apparatus which the laboratory or testing facility is equipped with and of the arrangements for their proper maintenance and repair; 15 (b) the names, training, qualifications and experience of persons who would sign reports of recognized tests, and specimens of those persons signatures; (c) a statement of the goods, services, processes or practices which the laboratory or testing facility is competent and willing to investigate; and (d) such other information as may be relevant or which the Bureau may require. (2) In the case of a laboratory or testing facility in Belize, the application shall be accompanied by an undertaking from the applicant– (a) to allow the staff of the Bureau, and the Committee established under Regulation 3 above inspect the laboratory or testing facility, its apparatus and equipment and interview persons performing recognized tests; and (b) to maintain the apparatus and equipment in a state of good repair including calibration as the Bureau may from time to time require. (3) In the case of laboratory or testing facility elsewhere than in Belize the application shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by a competent authority or person, acceptable to the Bureau, that the statements in the application are true and that the laboratory or testing facility is recognized or accredited in its own country for testing such goods, services, processes or practices by such recognized tests as are specified in the (4) An application for the accreditation of a laboratory or testing facility shall be in the form set out as Form I to the Schedule hereto. Form I. 16