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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

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20. Standard Mark

The Minister may on the recommendation of the Bureau prescribe a mark which shall be called the Saint Lucia Standard Mark (in this Act called the Standard Mark), the property of which vests in the Bureau, and which shall be used in relation to goods, services, processes or practices to signify conformity to a standard.

20. Standard Mark

2. Interpretation

3. Establishment of Bureau of Standards

4. Functions of the Bureau of Standards

5. Bureau to advise manufacturers on quality control

6. Appointment of Director and Staff of the Bureau

7. Standards Council

8. Appointment of Council members.

9. Chairperson of Council Meetings

10. Tenure of Office of Council Members

11. Resignation of Council members

12. Publication of membership of Council

13. Meetings and quorum of Council

14. Conflict of interest

15. Bureau's Seal and authentication of documents

16. Immunity of Council members

18. Declaration and publication of standards

19. Voluntary and compulsory standards

21. Licences to use Standard Mark

22. Restriction on the use of the word “Standard”

23. Testing of goods for compliance with compulsory standard

24. Prohibition of sale or export of rejected goods

25. Examination of imported goods

26. Appointment and powers of Inspectors

29. Accounts and records

30. Annual Reports

33. Forfeiture of articles on conviction of offenders

34. Evidence of Standard

35. Secrecy of information

36. Protection against claims

Standards Regulations

(See Statutory Instrument 230/2000, 3/2001, 28/2003, 60/2003, 66/2003, 14/2004 and 76/2004)

17. Appointment of committees and co-opting of members

Standards Regulations – Section 37

37. Regulations

Standards Orders – Section 19

Standards (Fees) Regulations – Section 37