(1) The Bureau may declare a specification to be a standard and a standard to be a Saint Lucia Standard.
(2) A specification shall not be declared a standard and a standard shall not be varied or revoked unless the Bureau is satisfied that persons who may be affected thereby have had an opportunity to consider and comment on the standard.
(3) The Bureau shall keep a copy of every standard and every variation of a standard available for public inspection and shall cause every declaration, variation or revocation of a standard to be published in the Gazette, and in such other publication as the Minister may direct.
(4) The Bureau may adopt any international specification or other specification formulated outside Saint Lucia where it is impractical to formulate its own specification.