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CHAPTER 496 STANDARDS ACT SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION List of Subsidiary Legislation Page 1. Standardization Marks (Permits and Fees) Regulations, 1977... S16 25 2. Standards Order, 1981...S16 33 3. Standards Order, 1982...S16 35 4. Standards (No. 2) Order, 1982... S16 39 5. Standards (No. 3) Order, 1982... S16 41 6. Standards Order, 1983...S16 43 7. Standards (No. 2) Order, 1983... S16 45 8. Standards (Evidence by Certificate) Regulations...S16 47 9 Standards Order, 1984...S16 49 10. Standards Order, 1985...S16 51 11. Standards Order, 1986...S16 53 12. Standards (No. 2) Order, 1986... S16 55 13. Standards (No. 3) Order, 1986... S16 57 14. Approval of Standards... S16 59 15. Standards Order, 1987...S16 61 16. Standards (No. 2) Order, 1987... S16 65 17. Standards Order, 1988...S16 69 18. Standards Order, 1989...S16 71 19. Calibration Notice...S16 75 20. Standards Levy Order...S16 77 21. Standards Order, 1991...S16 83 22. Standards Order, 1992...S16 87 23. Standards (No. 2) Order, 1992... S16 91 24. Standards Order, 1995...S16 93 25. Standards Order, 1997...S16 95 26. Standards Order, 2000...S16 103 27. Standards (No. 1) Order, 2001S16 109 28. Standards Order, 2002... S16 111 29. Standards Order, 2002...S16 133 30. Standards (Kenya Accreditation Service) Regulations, 2005... S16 139 31. Verification of Conformity to Kenya Standards of Imports Order, 2005... S16 145 32. Standards (Quality Inspection of Imports) Regulations, 2009... S16 149

33. Standards Tribunal (Practice and Procedure) Rules, 2013... S16-23

STANDARDIZATION MARKS (PERMITS AND FEES) REGULATIONS, 1977 ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS Regulation 1. Citation. 2. Interpretation. 3. Application for permits. 4. Permits. 5. Use of permits. 6. Tests and inspections. 7. Samples and information. 8. Fees. 9. Layout markings. 10. Register. 11. Suspension and revocation of permits. 12. Permits Committee. SCHEDULE S16-25

STANDARDISATION MARKS (PERMITS AND FEES) REGULATIONS, 1977 [L.N. 154/1977.] 1. Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Standardisation Marks (Permits and Fees) Regulations, 1977. 2. Interpretation In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires inspection includes the process of examination and conducting of relevant tests by the Bureau to determine the conformity of any commodity with Kenya Standards; Kenya standards means standard specifications of any commodity approved by the council as the applicable standard for that particular commodity; permit-holder means a person who has been granted a permit to use a standardisation mark under the Act or under these Regulations. 3. Application for permits Applications for the issue or renewal of a permit shall be in the Form STA/1 in the Schedule to these Regulations. 4. Permits (1) A permit issued by the Bureau shall be in Form STA/2 in the Schedule to these Regulations. (2) Permits shall be issued subject to the conditions set out in Form STA/2 in the Schedule to these Regulations. 5. Use of permits After a permit has been issued by the Bureau or person acting under its authority, the standardization mark in respect of which a permit has been issued shall be applied by the permit-holder to all commodities which comply with the requirements set forth in the applicable Kenya Standards. 6. Tests and inspections (1) Before issuing a permit to any applicant, the Bureau may carry out such tests and inspect any commodity for the purposes of ascertaining whether the commodity complies with the requirements set forth in the applicable Kenya standard. (2) The Bureau may carry out such periodic tests and inspections as it may deem necessary in order to ascertain whether a permit-holder is complying with the general scheme of supervision and control laid down by the Bureau for every commodity or class of commodities. 7. Samples and information (1) Where a person has been requested, in writing by the Director to furnish samples of any commodity or information in regard to its manufacture, production, processing or treatment, he shall do so within such period as may be specified in the request. (2) Any person who fails to comply with a request made under this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding six thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment. S16-26

8. Fees (1) Every applicant for the issue of a permit shall pay, at the time of filling the application, a fee of one hundred shillings for each application made by him. (2) Every permit-holder shall pay an annual fee of fifty shillings in respect of each permit granted to him or renewed. (3) Every permit-holder shall pay a marking fee proportionate to the quantum of the annual production of the commodity in respect of which the permit has been granted; except that the Bureau may at any time vary or change the marking fee payable in respect of any commodity. 9. Layout markings (1) Every permit-holder shall be assigned an identification number by the Bureau, which number shall, for the purposes of identifying the permit-holder, appear on all commodities on which a standardization mark has been applied. (2) In addition to the Standardization mark, all commodities which the permit-holder produces or manufactures shall carry such other marks as the Bureau may from to time determine. (3) All the markings on any commodity shall be applied in the manner specified by the Bureau. 10. Register (1) The Bureau shall keep a register of all permit-holders and the products in respect of which a permit has been issued. (2) Any person may apply, in writing and on payment of a fee of twenty shillings, for any information contained in the register: Provided that the Bureau may supply or refuse to supply the information so requested. 11. Suspension and revocation of permits (1) The Director or any other officer authorized by the Bureau may suspend or revoke a permit (a) if it is ascertained that the permit-holder has used the standardization mark on or in connexion with commodities which do not comply with the requirements set forth in the applicable Kenya Standards; (b) if any of the fees specified in regulation 8 of these Regulations have not been paid; or (c) the permit-holder is adjudged bankrupt; or (d) the permit-holder transfers his business to another person; or (e) the Kenya standards on which the issue of the permit was based is withdrawn by the Bureau. (2) A permit-holder who is notified that his permit has been suspended or revoked in accordance with the provisions of subregulation (1) of this Regulation, shall, on receipt of the notification of the suspension or revocation, stop applying the standardization mark to any commodity. (3) Where a permit has been revoked or suspended in accordance with the provisions of subregulation (1) of this Regulation, the Director or any other officer authorized by the Bureau may require the permit-holder to remove the standardization mark from all the commodities on which he has applied the standardization mark. S16-27

(4) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of sub-regulations (2) and (3) of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding six thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment. 12. Permits Committee (1) There shall be established a committee called the Permits Committee which shall be responsible for the administration of the standardization marks scheme. (2) The Permits Committee shall, subject to subregulation (3) of this regulation, consist of the following members (a) a chairman who shall be the Director of the Bureau; (b) a secretary who shall be the person in charge of the certification Marking Scheme of the Bureau; (c) two members nominated by the council, one of whom shall act as chairman in the absence of the chairman. (3) The chairman of the Permits committee may, after consultation with the committee, appoint not more than two persons, one of whom shall be the chairman of the relevant Industrial Standards Committee, to be additional members of the committee, being person whose assistance or advice the committee may from time to time require. SCHEDULE S16-28

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STANDARDS ORDER, 1981 [L.N. 146/1981.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 1981. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use these methods and procedures on or after a date which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-31

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STANDARDS ORDER, 1982 [L.N. 98/1982.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 1982. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after a date which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-33

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STANDARDS (NO. 2) ORDER, 1982 [L.N. 128/1982, Corr. No. 55/1982, L.N. 330/1987.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards (No. 2) Order, 1982. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after a date which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-37

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STANDARDS (NO. 3) ORDER, 1982 [L.N. 181/1982.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards (No.3) Order, 1982. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after a date which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-39

STANDARDS ORDER, 1983 [L.N. 99/1983.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 1983. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after a date which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-41

STANDARDS (NO. 2) ORDER, 1983 [L.N. 108/1983.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards (No. 2) Order, 1983. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after a date which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-43

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STANDARDS (NATIONAL CALIBRATION SERVICE) REGULATIONS, 1984 [L.N. 8/1984, L.N. 245/1986.] 1. Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Standards (National Calibration Service) Regulations, 1984. 2. Interpretation In these Regulations calibration means all operations or any process for the purpose of determining the values of the errors of a measuring instrument, as well as, where necessary, for the purpose of determining other metrological properties; calibration centre means a laboratory or establishment appointed by the Bureau to carry out specified calibration work; measuring instrument includes any device such as a graduated rule, set out weights, equal-arm balance, U-tube manometer, clock, ammeter, and others intended for the purpose of measurement and which may reproduce one or more known values of a given quantity, or provide an indication of the value of the measured quantity of equivalent information or which combines these functions; primary standard means a standard which has the highest metrological qualities; standard means a material measure, measuring instrument or system such as the one kilogramme mass standards, the standard gauge block, the 100 ohm standard resistor, the standard ammeter, the caesium atomic frequency standard and others, intended to define, realize, conserve or reproduce a unit or one or more known values of a quantity in order to transmit them to other measuring instruments by comparison. [L.N. 245/1986.] 3. Calibration (1) The Minister may by notice prescribe the categories of instruments and equipment which shall be calibrated by the Bureau and that notice shall state (a) the date by which all instruments and equipment within that category shall be calibrated; (b) the Kenya Standard to be used for calibration; (c) the interval between each calibration; and (d) the fee to be paid for calibration. (2) Where a notice has been published under paragraph (1), the person responsible for the operation of the equipment or instrument affected shall deliver to the Bureau all relevant information in the approved form. (3) A person who operates equipment or an instrument which should have been calibrated without a calibration certificate in respect thereof, shall be guilty of an offence. 3A. Responsibilities of suppliers of measuring instruments Every person who supplies a measuring instrument shall provide the user of the instrument with all the necessary documentation relating to the operation, servicing or repairing of the measuring instrument; and the documentation shall be in accordance with the existing Kenya Standard for such documentation. [L.N. 245/1986.] 3B. Repaired instruments to be re-calibrated Every measuring instrument which, although calibrated, is repaired or serviced, shall be calibrated before being taken into use after such repair or service. [L.N. 245/1986.] S16-44

4. Information The Director may, by notice in writing, require a person to furnish information on any measuring or test instrument or piece of equipment within the period specified in the notice and a person who fails to comply with that notice shall be guilty of an offence. 5. Calibration certificate and mark (1) The Bureau or a calibration centre shall issue a calibration certificate in respect of equipment or an instrument which has been calibrated and the certificate shall be in the approved form stating the date and place of issue, details of the measurement results and the re-calibration date. (2) Where a calibration certificate has been issued the issuing authority shall affix to the calibrated instrument or equipment a calibration mark in the form in the First Schedule. (3) The issuing authority shall seal access to adjustable devices on the calibrated instrument or equipment that are fixed at the time of calibration and a seal shall be so designed that tampering shall destroy it. [L.N. 245/1986.] 6. Appointment of calibration centres (1) The Bureau may, on payment of the prescribed fee, appoint laboratories or establishments to be calibration centres to carry out calibration work and issue certificates of calibration. (2) Notwithstanding the appointment of calibration centres under paragraph (1), the standards maintained by the Bureau shall be the primary standards for Kenya and those maintained by the calibration centres shall be the secondary or tertiary standards as may be determined by the Bureau by notice in the Gazette in respect of each calibration centre. (3) The appointment of a calibration centre shall expire on the expiry date specified in the certificate of appointment and upon such expiry an application for renewal of appointment as a calibration centre may be submitted to the Director in Form NCS/1 in the Second Schedule. (4) The certificate of appointment as a calibration centre shall be in Form NCS/2 in the Third Schedule. [L.N. 245/1986.] 7. Suspension or cancellation of appointment (1) The Bureau may, by notice in writing, suspend an appointment where a calibration centre fails to comply with the conditions of appointment or is in breach of these Regulations. (2) The notice of suspension may require the calibration centre to remedy the breach within a period of time specified therein, and where the breach is not remedied, or is not capable of remedy, the Bureau may cancel the appointment. (3) A person who issues a calibration certificate or mark otherwise than under a valid appointment shall be guilty of an offence. 8. Directory The Bureau shall prepare and maintain a directory of calibration centres in which the details of the appointments shall be published. 9. Penalty A person who commits an offence under these Regulations shall be liable to a fine not exceeding six thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both. FIRST SCHEDULE [Regulation 5(2).] Calibration Mark S16-44

SECOND SCHEDULE [Regulation 6(3).] THIRD SCHEDULE [Regulation 6(4).] S16-44

STANDARDS (NATIONAL CALIBRATION SERVICE) REGULATIONS, 1984 [L.N. 8/1984, L.N. 245/1986, L.N. 525/1991.] 1. Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Standards (National Calibration Service) Regulations, 1984. 2. Interpretation In these Regulations calibration means all operations or any process for the purpose of determining the values of the errors of a measuring instrument, as well as, where necessary, for the purpose of determining other metrological properties; calibration centre means a laboratory or establishment appointed by the Bureau to carry out specified calibration work; measuring instrument includes any device such as a graduated rule, set out weights, equal-arm balance, U-tube manometer, clock, ammeter, and others intended for the purpose of measurement and which may reproduce one or more known values of a given quantity, or provide an indication of the value of the measured quantity of equivalent information or which combines these functions; primary standard means a standard which has the highest metrological qualities; standard means a material measure, measuring instrument or system such as the one kilogramme mass standards, the standard gauge block, the 100 ohm standard resistor, the standard ammeter, the caesium atomic frequency standard and others, intended to define, realize, conserve or reproduce a unit or one or more known values of a quantity in order to transmit them to other measuring instruments by comparison. [L.N. 245/1986.] 3. Calibration S16-44

(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, publish the categories of precision instruments, gauges and scientific apparatus which shall be calibrated by the Bureau and the notice shall state (a) the date by which the precision instruments, gauges and scientific apparatus within that category shall be calibrated; (b) the Kenya Standard to be used for calibration; (c) the interval between each calibration; and (d) the fee to be paid for the calibration. (2) Where a notice has been published under paragraph (1), the person responsible for the operation of the equipment or instrument affected shall deliver to the Bureau all relevant information in the approved form. (3) A person who operates equipment or an instrument which should have been calibrated without a calibration certificate in respect thereof, shall be guilty of an offence. [L.N. 525/1991.] 3A. Responsibilities of suppliers of measuring instruments Every person who supplies a measuring instrument shall provide the user of the instrument with all the necessary documentation relating to the operation, servicing or repairing of the measuring instrument; and the documentation shall be in accordance with the existing Kenya Standard for such documentation. [L.N. 245/1986.] 3B. Repaired instruments to be re-calibrated Every measuring instrument which, although calibrated, is repaired or serviced, shall be calibrated before being taken into use after such repair or service. [L.N. 245/1986.] 4. Information The Director may, by notice in writing, require a person to furnish information on any measuring or test instrument or piece of equipment within the period specified in the notice and a person who fails to comply with that notice shall be guilty of an offence. 5. Calibration certificate and mark (1) The Bureau or a calibration centre shall issue a calibration certificate in respect of equipment or an instrument which has been calibrated and the certificate shall be in the approved form stating the date and place of issue, details of the measurement results and the re-calibration date. (2) Where a calibration certificate has been issued the issuing authority shall affix to the calibrated instrument or equipment a calibration mark in the form in the First Schedule. (3) The issuing authority shall seal access to adjustable devices on the calibrated instrument or equipment that are fixed at the time of calibration and a seal shall be so designed that tampering shall destroy it. [L.N. 245/1986.] 6. Appointment of calibration centres (1) The Bureau may, on payment of the prescribed fee, appoint laboratories or establishments to be calibration centres to carry out calibration work and issue certificates of calibration. (2) Notwithstanding the appointment of calibration centres under paragraph (1), the standards maintained by the Bureau shall be the primary standards for Kenya and those maintained by the calibration centres shall be the secondary or tertiary standards as may be determined by the Bureau by notice in the Gazette in respect of each calibration centre. S16-44

(3) The appointment of a calibration centre shall expire on the expiry date specified in the certificate of appointment and upon such expiry an application for renewal of appointment as a calibration centre may be submitted to the Director in Form NCS/1 in the Second Schedule. (4) The certificate of appointment as a calibration centre shall be in Form NCS/2 in the Third Schedule. [L.N. 245/1986.] 7. Suspension or cancellation of appointment (1) The Bureau may, by notice in writing, suspend an appointment where a calibration centre fails to comply with the conditions of appointment or is in breach of these Regulations. (2) The notice of suspension may require the calibration centre to remedy the breach within a period of time specified therein, and where the breach is not remedied, or is not capable of remedy, the Bureau may cancel the appointment. (3) A person who issues a calibration certificate or mark otherwise than under a valid appointment shall be guilty of an offence. 8. Directory The Bureau shall prepare and maintain a directory of calibration centres in which the details of the appointments shall be published. 9. Penalty A person who commits an offence under these Regulations shall be liable to a fine not exceeding six thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both. FIRST SCHEDULE [Regulation 5(2).] Calibration Mark SECOND SCHEDULE [Regulation 6(3).] S16-44

THIRD SCHEDULE [Regulation 6(4).] STANDARDS (NATIONAL CALIBRATION SERVICE) REGULATIONS, 1984 [L.N. 8/1984, L.N. 245/1986, L.N. 525/1991.] STANDARDS (EVIDENCE BY CERTIFICATE) REGULATIONS, 1984 [L.N. 20/1984.] S16-44

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Standards (Evidence by Certificate) Regulations, 1984. 2. A person who has been appointed by the Bureau as an analyst for the purposes of coming out examinations, tests or comparative studies of commodities, materials, substances, methods or procedures may issue certificates respecting the examinations, tests or comparative studies so carried out. 3. A certificate issued pursuant to regulation 2 shall be in a form approved by the Bureau and shall contain the following information (a) the name and address of the analyst; (b) a description of the examination, test or study undertaken; (c) the results of the examination, test or study supported where necessary by tables, graphs, sketches or photographs; (d) a statement as to whether or net the results of the examination, test or study show compliance with the provisions of the Act, any order made thereunder or any other law dealing with standards of quality or description, and shall purport to be signed by the analyst issuing it 4. A certificate which complies with regulation 3 may, subject to section 16(2) of the Act, be received as evidence of the matters specified therein. S16-45

STANDARDS ORDER, 1984 [L.N. 35/1984.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 1984. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after a date which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-47

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STANDARDS ORDER, 1985 [L.N. 60/1985.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 1985. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after a date which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedure comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-49

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STANDARDS ORDER, 1986 [L.N. 2/1986.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 1986. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after a date which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedure comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standard. SCHEDULE S16-51

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STANDARDS (NO. 2) ORDER, 1986 [L.N. 60/1986.] 1. This Order may be cited at the Standards (No. 2) Order, 1986. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after a date which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-53

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STANDARDS (NO. 3) ORDER, 1986 [L.N. 93/1986.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards (No. 3) Order, 1986. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after a date, which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order, unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-55

APPROVAL OF STANDARDS [L.N. 243/1986.] In ACCORDANCE with section 4(1)(b) of the, the Minister for Commerce and Industry has, on the recommendation of the National Standards Council, approved the standards of the. Kenya Bureau of Standards in the fields of measurement specified in the Schedule as the standards with which precision instruments, gauges and scientific apparatus may be compared to determine the degree of accuracy of such instruments, gauges and apparatus. SCHEDULE Mass Length Force Industrial Measurements (including Angle, Gears, Threads and Surface Texture) Time and Frequency Energy Power and Attenuation Voltage Current Resistance Capacitance and Inductance Pressure and Vacuum Temperature Volume and Flow Density and Viscosity S16-57

STANDARDS ORDER, 1987 [L.N. 65/1987.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 1987 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after a date which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya standards. SCHEDULE S16-59

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STANDARDS (NO. 2) ORDER, 1987 [L.N. 237/1987.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards (No. 2) Order, 1987. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after a date which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedure comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-63

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STANDARDS ORDER, 1988 [L.N. 7/1988.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 1988. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after a date which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirement of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-67

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STANDARDS ORDER, 1989 [L.N. 215/1989.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 1989. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after a date which is six weeks after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedure comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-69

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CALIBRATION NOTICE, 1986 [L.N. 244/1986.] In Exercise of the powers conferred by regulation 3 of the Standards (National Calibration Service) Regulations, 1984, the Minister for Commerce and Industry directs that (a) the categories of instruments and equipment specified in the second column of the Schedule shall be calibrated by the Bureau on or before 30th November, 1986; (b) the Kenya Standards to be used for calibration shall be those specified in the third column; (c) the maximum intervals between each calibration shall be those specified in the fourth column; and (d) the fees to be paid for the calibration shall be those prescribed and published by the Bureau for that purpose. SCHEDULE S16-71

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CALIBRATION NOTICE, 1990 [L.N. 181/1990.] In exercise of the powers conferred by regulation 3 of the Standards (National Calibration Service) Regulations, 1984, the Minister for Industry, directs that (a) the categories of instruments and equipment specified in the second column of the Schedule shall be calibrated by the Bureau on or before 31st May, 1990; (b) the Kenya Standards to be used for calibration shall be those specified in the third column; (c) the maximum intervals between each calibration shall be those specified in the fourth column; and (d) the fees to be paid for the calibration shall be those prescribed and published by the Bureau for that purpose. SCHEDULE S16-73

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STANDARDS LEVY ORDER, 1990 ARRANGEMENT OF ORDERS Order 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Citation. Interpretation. Levy. Notification. Register of manufacturers. Maintenance of records by manufacturers. Access to manufacturer s records. Civil liability for non-payment of any sum due. Exemption. Levy fund. Bank account. Investments. Books of accounts. Audit. Accounts of the Fund. Report of the Auditor-General. Expenses of the Audit. SCHEDULES FIRST SCHEDULE STANDARDS LEVY NOTIFICATION FORM SECOND SCHEDULE STANDARDS LEVY RETURN S16-75

STANDARDS LEVY ORDER, 1990 [L.N. 267/1990.] 1. Citation This Order may be cited as the Standards Levy Order, 1990. 2. Interpretation In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires ex-factory, means the selling price excluding value added tax and discounts; Fund, means the Standards Levy Fund established under section 10C (1) of the Act; inspector, means a person appointed under section 13 of the Act; levy, means the charge payable in terms of paragraph 3; manufacturer, means any person, or persons, who engages in the process of manufacture in terms of section 2 of the Act. 3. Levy Subject to the Act there shall be paid by each manufacturer a levy recoverable at source at the rate of two-tenths of one percent of the ex-factory price in respect of manufacture during each month, subject to a ceiling of Kenya shillings two hundred thousand per annum. 4. Notification (1) For the purpose of complying with paragraph 3, every person, or persons who manufacture or intend to manufacture, shall notify the Director, Kenya Bureau of Standards, in the format set out in Form SL. 1 set out in the First Schedule. (2) Failure to notify the Director as aforesaid shall not affect the obligation of a manufacturer to pay the levy in terms of this Order. 5. Register of manufacturers The Director shall maintain or cause to be maintained a register of all manufacturers who pay the levy. 6. Maintenance of records by manufacturers (1) Every manufacturer shall maintain or cause to be maintained monthly records in the Standards Levy Return in the format set out in Form SL. 2 set out in the Second Schedule. (2) Every manufacturer shall in accordance with this Order maintain complete records corresponding to the prevailing date of all transactions which may affect his liability to pay the levy under this order. (3) Every manufacturer shall pay the levy by transmitting to the Director Form SL. 2 duly completed with the amount of the levy on or before the thirtieth day of the succeeding month. S16-76

7. Access to manufacturer s records The records maintained in accordance with paragraph 6 shall, on written request, be made available to the Director or a person duly authorized by him. 8. Civil liability for non-payment of any sum due Non-payment of any sum due under this Order shall be deemed to be a civil debt recoverable summarily by the Director or a person duly authorized by him. 9. Exemption The provisions of this Order shall not apply to that person or persons whose ex-factory manufacture does not exceed Kenya shillings two hundred thousand per annum. 10. Levy fund The objectives of the Fund established in accordance with section 10C of the Act shall, subject to the approval of the Minister, be to (a) develop and promote standardization and quality control of commodities, services and metrology; (b) undertake collaborative research on behalf of the industry calculated to improve productivity and quality of outputs for the domestic and export markets; (c) undertake training on behalf of the industry on standardization, quality control and metrology; (d) meeting any expenses relating to the establishment and operation of the fund; and (e) any other purpose which the Minister, in consultation with the National Standards Council, considers would serve the best interest of the industry, the consumers and the Government. 11. Bank account All moneys received in accordance with the provision of this Order shall be paid into a special bank account entitled The Standards Levy Fund and expenditure therefrom shall be controlled by the National Standards Council. 12. Investments Any part of the Fund not immediately required for the purpose of the Fund may, subject to the written approval of the Minister and the Treasury, be invested in such a manner as the National Standards Council may deem to be proper. 13. Books of accounts The National Standards Council shall cause to be kept all proper books and records of account of the income, expenditure, assets and liabilities of the Fund and shall prepare such other accounts as the Minister may require and, in addition, shall prepare yearly balance sheets made up to the end of each financial year. 14. Audit The accounts of the Fund shall be audited and reported on annually by the AuditorGeneral (Corporations) in accordance with Part VII of the Exchequer and Audit Act (Cap. 412). S16-77

15. Accounts of the Fund. The Fund shall produce and lay before the Auditor-General (Corporations) all accounts of the Fund with all vouchers in support thereof, and all books, papers and writings in its possession or control relating thereto, and the Auditor-General (Corporations) shall be entitled to require from all members, officers and servants of the Bureau such information and explanations as may be necessary for the proper performance of his duties. 16. Report of the Auditor-General At the completion of an audit under section 15, the Auditor-General (Corporations) shall make a report thereon to the National Standards Council and shall at the same time furnish a copy of the report to the Minister. 17. Expenses of the Audit The expenses incidental to the auditing of the accounts shall be borne by the Fund. FIRST SCHEDULE [Rule 4(1).] STANDARDS LEVY NOTIFICATION FORM S16-78

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STANDARDS LEVY ORDER, 1990 [L.N. 267/1990, L.N. 154/1998.] 1. Citation This Order may be cited as the Standards Levy Order, 1990. 2. Interpretation In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires ex-factory, means the selling price excluding value added tax and discounts; Fund, means the Standards Levy Fund established under section 10C (1) of the Act; inspector, means a person appointed under section 13 of the Act; levy, means the charge payable in terms of paragraph 3; manufacturer, means any person, or persons, who engages in the process of manufacture in terms of section 2 of the Act. 3. Levy Subject to the Act there shall be paid by each manufacturer a levy recoverable at source at the rate of two-tenths of one percent of the ex-factory price in respect of manufacture during each month. [L.N. 154/1998.] 4. Notification (1) For the purpose of complying with paragraph 3, every person, or persons who manufacture or intend to manufacture, shall notify the Director, Kenya Bureau of Standards, in the format set out in Form SL. 1 set out in the First Schedule. (2) Failure to notify the Director as aforesaid shall not affect the obligation of a manufacturer to pay the levy in terms of this Order. 5. Register of manufacturers The Director shall maintain or cause to be maintained a register of all manufacturers who pay the levy. 6. Maintenance of records by manufacturers (1) Every manufacturer shall maintain or cause to be maintained monthly records in the Standards Levy Return in the format set out in Form SL. 2 set out in the Second Schedule. (2) Every manufacturer shall in accordance with this Order maintain complete records corresponding to the prevailing date of all transactions which may affect his liability to pay the levy under this order. (3) Every manufacturer shall pay the levy by transmitting to the Director Form SL. 2 duly completed with the amount of the levy on or before the thirtieth day of the succeeding month. S16-76

7. Access to manufacturer s records The records maintained in accordance with paragraph 6 shall, on written request, be made available to the Director or a person duly authorized by him. 8. Civil liability for non-payment of any sum due Non-payment of any sum due under this Order shall be deemed to be a civil debt recoverable summarily by the Director or a person duly authorized by him. 9. Exemption The provisions of this Order shall not apply to that person or persons whose ex-factory manufacture does not exceed Kenya shillings two hundred thousand per annum. 10. Levy fund The objectives of the Fund established in accordance with section 10C of the Act shall, subject to the approval of the Minister, be to (a) develop and promote standardization and quality control of commodities, services and metrology; (b) undertake collaborative research on behalf of the industry calculated to improve productivity and quality of outputs for the domestic and export markets; (c) undertake training on behalf of the industry on standardization, quality control and metrology; (d) meeting any expenses relating to the establishment and operation of the fund; and (e) any other purpose which the Minister, in consultation with the National Standards Council, considers would serve the best interest of the industry, the consumers and the Government. 11. Bank account All moneys received in accordance with the provision of this Order shall be paid into a special bank account entitled The Standards Levy Fund and expenditure therefrom shall be controlled by the National Standards Council. 12. Investments Any part of the Fund not immediately required for the purpose of the Fund may, subject to the written approval of the Minister and the Treasury, be invested in such a manner as the National Standards Council may deem to be proper. 13. Books of accounts The National Standards Council shall cause to be kept all proper books and records of account of the income, expenditure, assets and liabilities of the Fund and shall prepare such other accounts as the Minister may require and, in addition, shall prepare yearly balance sheets made up to the end of each financial year. 14. Audit The accounts of the Fund shall be audited and reported on annually by the AuditorGeneral (Corporations) in accordance with Part VII of the Exchequer and Audit Act (Cap. 412). S16-77

15. Accounts of the Fund. The Fund shall produce and lay before the Auditor-General (Corporations) all accounts of the Fund with all vouchers in support thereof, and all books, papers and writings in its possession or control relating thereto, and the Auditor-General (Corporations) shall be entitled to require from all members, officers and servants of the Bureau such information and explanations as may be necessary for the proper performance of his duties. 16. Report of the Auditor-General At the completion of an audit under section 15, the Auditor-General (Corporations) shall make a report thereon to the National Standards Council and shall at the same time furnish a copy of the report to the Minister. 17. Expenses of the Audit The expenses incidental to the auditing of the accounts shall be borne by the Fund. FIRST SCHEDULE [Rule 4(1).] STANDARDS LEVY NOTIFICATION FORM S16-78

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STANDARDS LEVY ORDER, 1990 [L.N. 267/1990, L.N. 154/1998, L.N. 183/1999.] 1. Citation This Order may be cited as the Standards Levy Order, 1990. 2. Interpretation In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires ex-factory, means the selling price excluding value added tax and discounts; Fund, means the Standards Levy Fund established under section 10C (1) of the Act; inspector, means a person appointed under section 13 of the Act; levy, means the charge payable in terms of paragraph 3; manufacturer, means any person, or persons, who engages in the process of manufacture in terms of section 2 of the Act. 3. Levy Subject to the Act there shall be paid by each manufacturer a levy recoverable at source at the rate of two-tenths of one percent of the ex-factory price in respect of manufacture during each month, subject to a maximum ceiling of Kenya shillings four hundred thousand per annum and to a minimum ceiling of Kenya shillings one thousand per month. [L.N. 154/1998, L.N. 183/1999, s. 2.] 4. Notification (1) For the purpose of complying with paragraph 3, every person, or persons who manufacture or intend to manufacture, shall notify the Director, Kenya Bureau of Standards, in the format set out in Form SL. 1 set out in the First Schedule. (2) Failure to notify the Director as aforesaid shall not affect the obligation of a manufacturer to pay the levy in terms of this Order. 5. Register of manufacturers The Director shall maintain or cause to be maintained a register of all manufacturers who pay the levy. 6. Maintenance of records by manufacturers (1) Every manufacturer shall maintain or cause to be maintained monthly records in the Standards Levy Return in the format set out in Form SL. 2 set out in the Second Schedule. (2) Every manufacturer shall in accordance with this Order maintain complete records corresponding to the prevailing date of all transactions which may affect his liability to pay the levy under this order. (3) Every manufacturer shall pay the levy by transmitting to the Director Form SL. 2 duly completed with the amount of the levy on or before the thirtieth day of the succeeding month. S16-76

7. Access to manufacturer s records The records maintained in accordance with paragraph 6 shall, on written request, be made available to the Director or a person duly authorized by him. 8. Civil liability for non-payment of any sum due Non-payment of any sum due under this Order shall be deemed to be a civil debt recoverable summarily by the Director or a person duly authorized by him. 9. Exemption The provisions of this Order shall not apply to that person or persons whose ex-factory manufacture does not exceed Kenya shillings two hundred thousand per annum. 10. Levy fund The objectives of the Fund established in accordance with section 10C of the Act shall, subject to the approval of the Minister, be to (a) develop and promote standardization and quality control of commodities, services and metrology; (b) undertake collaborative research on behalf of the industry calculated to improve productivity and quality of outputs for the domestic and export markets; (c) undertake training on behalf of the industry on standardization, quality control and metrology; (d) meeting any expenses relating to the establishment and operation of the fund; and (e) any other purpose which the Minister, in consultation with the National Standards Council, considers would serve the best interest of the industry, the consumers and the Government. 11. Bank account All moneys received in accordance with the provision of this Order shall be paid into a special bank account entitled The Standards Levy Fund and expenditure therefrom shall be controlled by the National Standards Council. 12. Investments Any part of the Fund not immediately required for the purpose of the Fund may, subject to the written approval of the Minister and the Treasury, be invested in such a manner as the National Standards Council may deem to be proper. 13. Books of accounts The National Standards Council shall cause to be kept all proper books and records of account of the income, expenditure, assets and liabilities of the Fund and shall prepare such other accounts as the Minister may require and, in addition, shall prepare yearly balance sheets made up to the end of each financial year. 14. Audit The accounts of the Fund shall be audited and reported on annually by the AuditorGeneral (Corporations) in accordance with Part VII of the Exchequer and Audit Act (Cap. 412). S16-77

15. Accounts of the Fund. The Fund shall produce and lay before the Auditor-General (Corporations) all accounts of the Fund with all vouchers in support thereof, and all books, papers and writings in its possession or control relating thereto, and the Auditor-General (Corporations) shall be entitled to require from all members, officers and servants of the Bureau such information and explanations as may be necessary for the proper performance of his duties. 16. Report of the Auditor-General At the completion of an audit under section 15, the Auditor-General (Corporations) shall make a report thereon to the National Standards Council and shall at the same time furnish a copy of the report to the Minister. 17. Expenses of the Audit The expenses incidental to the auditing of the accounts shall be borne by the Fund. FIRST SCHEDULE [Rule 4(1).] STANDARDS LEVY NOTIFICATION FORM S16-78

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STANDARDS LEVY ORDER, 1990 [L.N. 267/1990, L.N. 154/1998, L.N. 183/1999, L.N. 54/2000.] 1. Citation This Order may be cited as the Standards Levy Order, 1990. 2. Interpretation In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires ex-factory, means the selling price excluding value added tax and discounts; Fund, means the Standards Levy Fund established under section 10C (1) of the Act; inspector, means a person appointed under section 13 of the Act; levy, means the charge payable in terms of paragraph 3; manufacturer, means any person, or persons, who engages in the process of manufacture in terms of section 2 of the Act. 3. Levy Subject to the Act there shall be paid by each manufacturer a levy recoverable at source at the rate of two-tenths of one percent of the ex-factory price in respect of manufacture during each month, subject to a maximum ceiling of Kenya shillings four hundred thousand per annum and to a minimum ceiling of Kenya shillings one thousand per month. [L.N. 154/1998, L.N. 183/1999, s. 2, L.N. 54/2000, s. 2.] 4. Notification (1) For the purpose of complying with paragraph 3, every person, or persons who manufacture or intend to manufacture, shall notify the Director, Kenya Bureau of Standards, in the format set out in Form SL. 1 set out in the First Schedule. (2) Failure to notify the Director as aforesaid shall not affect the obligation of a manufacturer to pay the levy in terms of this Order. 5. Register of manufacturers The Director shall maintain or cause to be maintained a register of all manufacturers who pay the levy. 6. Maintenance of records by manufacturers (1) Every manufacturer shall maintain or cause to be maintained monthly records in the Standards Levy Return in the format set out in Form SL. 2 set out in the Second Schedule. (2) Every manufacturer shall in accordance with this Order maintain complete records corresponding to the prevailing date of all transactions which may affect his liability to pay the levy under this order. (3) Every manufacturer shall pay the levy by transmitting to the Director Form SL. 2 duly completed with the amount of the levy on or before the thirtieth day of the succeeding month. S16-76

7. Access to manufacturer s records The records maintained in accordance with paragraph 6 shall, on written request, be made available to the Director or a person duly authorized by him. 8. Civil liability for non-payment of any sum due Non-payment of any sum due under this Order shall be deemed to be a civil debt recoverable summarily by the Director or a person duly authorized by him. 9. Exemption The provisions of this Order shall not apply to that person or persons whose ex-factory manufacture does not exceed Kenya shillings two hundred thousand per annum. 10. Levy fund The objectives of the Fund established in accordance with section 10C of the Act shall, subject to the approval of the Minister, be to (a) develop and promote standardization and quality control of commodities, services and metrology; (b) undertake collaborative research on behalf of the industry calculated to improve productivity and quality of outputs for the domestic and export markets; (c) undertake training on behalf of the industry on standardization, quality control and metrology; (d) meeting any expenses relating to the establishment and operation of the fund; and (e) any other purpose which the Minister, in consultation with the National Standards Council, considers would serve the best interest of the industry, the consumers and the Government. 11. Bank account All moneys received in accordance with the provision of this Order shall be paid into a special bank account entitled The Standards Levy Fund and expenditure therefrom shall be controlled by the National Standards Council. 12. Investments Any part of the Fund not immediately required for the purpose of the Fund may, subject to the written approval of the Minister and the Treasury, be invested in such a manner as the National Standards Council may deem to be proper. 13. Books of accounts The National Standards Council shall cause to be kept all proper books and records of account of the income, expenditure, assets and liabilities of the Fund and shall prepare such other accounts as the Minister may require and, in addition, shall prepare yearly balance sheets made up to the end of each financial year. 14. Audit The accounts of the Fund shall be audited and reported on annually by the AuditorGeneral (Corporations) in accordance with Part VII of the Exchequer and Audit Act (Cap. 412). S16-77

15. Accounts of the Fund. The Fund shall produce and lay before the Auditor-General (Corporations) all accounts of the Fund with all vouchers in support thereof, and all books, papers and writings in its possession or control relating thereto, and the Auditor-General (Corporations) shall be entitled to require from all members, officers and servants of the Bureau such information and explanations as may be necessary for the proper performance of his duties. 16. Report of the Auditor-General At the completion of an audit under section 15, the Auditor-General (Corporations) shall make a report thereon to the National Standards Council and shall at the same time furnish a copy of the report to the Minister. 17. Expenses of the Audit The expenses incidental to the auditing of the accounts shall be borne by the Fund. FIRST SCHEDULE [Rule 4(1).] STANDARDS LEVY NOTIFICATION FORM S16-78

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STANDARDS ORDER, 1991 [L.N. 225/1991.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 1991. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after the date of publication of this Order unless than commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-81

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STANDARDS ORDER, 1992 [L.N. 112/1992.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 1992. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE [L.N. 199/1995, s. 2.] S16-85

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STANDARDS (No. 2) ORDER, 1992 [L.N. 113/1992.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards (No. 2) Order, 1992. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-89

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STANDARDS (NATIONAL SCHEME FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS) REGULATIONS, 1995 [L.N. 90/1995.] 1. Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Standards (National Scheme for the Registration of Assessors) Regulations, 1995. 2. Interpretation In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires assessors means any person qualified and authorized by the Committee to perform all or any part of the quality assessment; assessment means a systematic and independent examination to determine whether quality activities and related results comply with planned arrangements and whether these arrangements are implemented effectively and are suitable to achieve desired objectives; committee means the Quality Systems Assessment Committee established under Regulation 3; first party assessment means the internal, quality audits conducted by an assessor to determine the effectiveness of the quality system; Lead Assessor means an assessor who is qualified and authorized by the Committee to manage a quality system assessment; quality system means the organization, structure, responsibilities, procedures, processes and resources for implementing quality management; second party assessment means the assessment of contractors and/or suppliers undertaken by or on behalf of a purchasing organization and may include the assessment of companies or divisions supplying goods or services; third party assessment means the assessment of an organization undertaken by an independent certification body. 3. Establishment of the Committee There is hereby established a committee to be known as the Quality Systems Assessment Committee which shall consist of (a) a chairman who shall be the Chief Executive of the Bureau; (b) two professional members of the National Standards Council to be appointed by the Minister; (c) not more than three professionals who possess knowledge of certification of their respective disciplines, to be co-opted by the Committee; (d) a Secretary, who shall be the person performing the duties of certification in the Bureau of Standards. 4. Functions of the Committee The Committee shall perform the following functions (a) determine the categories of assessors for purposes of registration; (b) set and administer a National Scheme for Registration of Quality Systems Assessors; (c) register all assessors who qualify and apply to be registered under these Regulations; (d) design and issue identification numbers and certificates to all registered assessors; S16-90

(e) develop the criteria and/or requirements for the registration of assessors, and review such requirements from time to time; (f) open and maintain an up to date register of all registered assessors and to publish in the Kenya Gazette, every year, all the assessors who have been registered in that particular year. 5. Registration of Assessors (1) Every person wishing to be registered as an assessor shall make an application in the prescribed form to the Committee. (2) No person shall undertake any party assessment, unless he has been registered and authorized as an assessor under these Regulations. 6. Assessors to be issued with certificates All assessors registered under these Regulations shall be issued with (a) a certificate of registration in the appropriate form; (b) an identification number specified by the Committee. 7. Powers of the Committee (1) The Committee shall have the powers to cancel the registration of any assessor where (a) registration has been obtained by fraud; (b) the assessor does not comply with specified requirement; (c) the assessor has been adjudged bankrupt by a competent court of law; (d) the assessor has refused or neglected to pay a specified fee. (2) The Committee shall establish a disciplinary sub-committee of such members, not being members of the Committee, to hear all disciplinary matters regarding any assessor and thereafter make recommendations to the Committee. 8. Appeals (1) Where an assessor is aggrieved by the decision of the Committee to cancel his name from the register the assessor may, within sixty days from the date of the decision of the Committee, appeal to the Minister. (2) The decision of the Minister in every such appeal shall be final. 9. Offences Any person who commits an offence under these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings or to six months imprisonment or to both. STANDARDS (NATIONAL SCHEME FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS) REGULATIONS, 1995 [L.N. 90/1995.] STANDARDS ORDER, 1995 [L.N. 198/1995.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 1995. 2. The Kenya Standards having been declared for the commodity set out here below, no person shall manufacture or sell the commodity on or after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodity complies with the requirements of the said Kenya Standard. S16-90

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STANDARDS ORDER, 1997 [L.N. 176/1997.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 1997. 2. The Standards having been declared for several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-93

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STANDARDS ORDER, 2000 [L.N. 53/2000.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 2000. 2. Kenya Standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods and procedures on or after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods and procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-101

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STANDARDS (NO. 1) ORDER, 2001 [L.N. 69/2001.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards (No. 1) Order, 2001. 2. Kenya standards having been declared as set out in the first and second column of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell the commodities or use the methods or procedures on or after the date of publication of this Order unless the commodity methods or procedures comply with the requirement of the relevant Kenya Standard. SCHEDULE S16-107

STANDARDS ORDER, 2002 [L.N. 122/2002.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 2002. 2. Kenya standards having been declared as set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell the commodities or use the methods or procedures on or after forty-two (42) days of the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities, methods or procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standard. SCHEDULE S16-109

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STANDARDS ORDER, 2002 [L.N. 3/2003.] 1. This Order may be cited as the Standards Order, 2002. 2. Kenya standards having been declared for the several commodities and methods and procedures set out in the first and second columns of the Schedule, no person shall manufacture or sell those commodities or use those methods or procedures on or after fortytwo (42) days of the date of publication of this Order unless the commodities and methods or procedures comply with the requirements of the relevant Kenya Standards. SCHEDULE S16-131

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