Standards Act
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"approved specification" means a specification in respect of which a standardization mark has been specified under section 10(1)(b);"Bureau" means the Kenya Bureau of Standards established by section 3;"code of practice" means a set of rules relating to the methods to be applied or the procedure to be adopted in connexion with the construction, installation, testing, sampling, operation or use of any article, apparatus, instrument, device or process;"consolidator" means a person who assembles cargo belonging to various persons to form one consignment at the country of supply which may be declared as belonging to one importer at the port of destination and de-consolidated back into the original individual consignments for delivery to the respective cargo owners upon arrival at the destination port or consolidators warehouse;"Controller" means the Food Safety Controller appointed under the Food and Feed Safety Control Co-ordination Act (No. 21 of 2026);"Council" means the National Standards Council established by section 6;"Director" means the Director of the Bureau appointed under section 5;"inspector" means an inspector appointed under section 13;"Kenya Standard" means a specification or code of practice declared under section 9(1);"manufacture" includes produce, process, treat, install, test, operate and use;"mark" includes any device, brand, heading, label, ticket, name, signature, word, letter or numeral, or any combination thereof;"multi-annual control plan" has the meaning assigned to it under section 2 of the Food and Feed Safety Control Co-ordination Act (No. 21 of 2026);"permit" means a permit issued under section 10 of this Act or the regulations;"sell" includes barter and exchange, and exposure or offer for sale, and export for or in pursuance of sale, and have in possession for any purpose of sale, export, trade or manufacture;"specification" means a description of any commodity by reference to its nature, quality, strength, purity, composition, quantity, dimensions, weight, grade, durability, origin, age or other characteristics, or to any substance or material of or with which, or the manner in which, any commodity may be manufactured, produced, processed, treated, tested or sampled;"standardization mark" means a mark which has been specified by the Council under section 10;"Tribunal" means the Standards Tribunal established under section 16A.(Act No. 5 of 1980, s. 2, Act No. 7 of 2004, s. 2, Act No. 23 of 2019, s. 47, Act No. 21 of 2026, 2nd Sch.)Source: Kenya Law