Interpretation

(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires“Act” means the Standards Act; CAP. 295. “Applicant” means a person or organization which makes an application to the Belize Bureau of Standards for a licence to use the Belize Standard Mark or the Belize Quality Assurance Mark; “Bureau” means the Belize Bureau of Standards established under section 3 of the Act; “CARICOM Standard” or “Caribbean Community Standard” means a standard recommended by the Caribbean Common Market Standards Council or a similarly authorized body and approved by the Caribbean Common Market Council of Ministers or a similar body of Ministers; “CARICOM Standards Mark” means the mark or design approved to be licensed for use on goods or in connection with processes, practices or services that conform to the requirements 28 of a Caribbean Community Standard and so declared by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette. “Conformity Certification Mark” means a mark or design licensed by the Bureau for use of goods or in connection with services, processes or practices that conform to a standard published by an international organization or by a standards organization other than the Bureau; “designated commodity” means any commodity for which a compulsory standard specification is notified under the Act; “licence” means a licence granted under the Act and in the manner specified in these Regulations to use the Belize Standard Mark or Belize Quality Assurance Mark, in relation to an article or process which conforms to a particular Belizean Standard, or in relation to a plant which uses a system of Quality Assurance approved by the Bureau; “Quality Assurance” means all those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that a product or service will satisfy given requirements for quality; “Quality Assurance Mark” or “Plant Certification Mark” means a mark or design licensed by the Bureau for use in connection with goods that are manufactured, or services supplied in accordance with an approved System of Quality Assurance; “Standard Mark” means the mark prescribed by the Minister under section 10 of the Act, which shall be used in relation to goods, services, processes and practices to distinguish those which conform to a Belizean Standard from those which do not. (2) A word or a phrase not specifically defined in these Regulations but defined in the Act shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Act.