(1) Despite the provisions of any other law, the Bureau may authorise a member of its staff to examine goods manufactured outside Saint Lucia and any custom entries relating to such goods, where a standard is declared for the goods.
(2) The Minister may in writing—
(a) authorise a public officer; or
(b) retain at a fee to be prescribed a suitable qualified consultant,
to assist the staff of the Bureau in an examination carried out under subsection (1).
(3) A person who examines goods under this section may take and submit samples of the goods for testing or analysis.
(4) Where goods imported into Saint Lucia bear a mark so closely resembling the standard mark as to be misleading or which falsely represents a mark of compliance with a specification formulated or adapted outside Saint Lucia, the goods shall not be entered for home use unless the mark is removed or substantially changed.
(5) Where a standard is compulsory, goods produced or manufactured outside Saint Lucia may be entered for home use if—
(a) upon an examination of samples the goods comply with the standard; or
(b) the goods are accompanied by a certificate of examination and compliance with the standard issued by a laboratory or other similar institution in the country of origin, recognised by the Bureau.
(6) In this section and in section 24, “home use” means consumption in Saint Lucia.