Determination of applications

(1) When determining an application the Bureau may– (a) require the applicant to produce evidence that the article or process in respect of which the licence is sought conforms to the appropriate national standard; (b) require the applicant to produce evidence of a scheme of quality control that is designed to ensure that the product in relation to which the mark has been applied for conforms to the relevant standard; (c) require the applicant to provide reasonable facilities that would enable an Inspector to verify evidence supplied in support of an 38 (d) request any supplementary documentary evidence in support of any statement in the (e) direct the applicant to submit samples of the commodity at his own expense to a designated laboratory or test house. (2) No application shall be treated as complete unless matters that are requested or required to be submitted to the Bureau are so submitted. (3) In addition to the particulars referred to in subregulation (1) above, the Bureau shall, where the applicant is a manufacturer, cause the manufacturers’ systems of quality control to be evaluated by a competent body or person to ensure that the manufacturing process is controlled, and the commodities produced therefrom consistently meet the requirements of the relevant standard. (4) In the case of an application for a quality assurance mark, the applicant shall satisfy the Bureau that an appropriate quality assurance system is in operation at the applicant’s premises. (5) In the determination of an application, the Bureau may, with the approval of the Minister, afford an applicant or a person authorized by him a reasonable opportunity to make oral presentations to the Bureau in support of his application. (6) The decision of the Bureau in respect of every application made under regulation 13 above shall be communicated to the applicant in writing, and where an application is refused, the grounds for the refusal shall also be stated in the communication.