(1) A standard may be voluntary or compulsory.
(2) A standard which is intended primarily—
(a) to protect the consumer or use against danger to health or safety;
(b) to prevent fraud or deception arising from misleading advertising or labelling;
(c) to ensure quality in goods produced for export;
(d) to require adequate information to be given to the consumer or user;
(e) to ensure quality in any case where the choice of source of supply is restricted; or
(f) to generally ensure the quality of goods and services,
may on the recommendation of the Bureau, be declared by order of the Minister to be a compulsory standard.
(3) An order made under subsection (2) shall state the purpose for which the standard is intended.
(4) The Minister shall, by Notice published in the Gazette, give at least 30 days notice of his or her intention to make an order to declare a standard to be a compulsory standard and shall in the Notice indicate the date on which it is intended that the compulsory standard shall come into effect.