LEGAL NOTICE No  78.(Amendment)  
 
THE STANDARDS ACT  
 
(Cap. 496)  
 
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by Section 20 of the Standards Act, 
the Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization , Trade and Enterprise 
Development  in consultation with the National Standards Council, makes 
the following Order — 
  
THE STANDARDS (VERIFICATION OF CONFORMITY TO 
STANDARDS AND OTHER APPLICABLE REG ULATIONS OF 
IMPORTS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 2021  
  
1.   This Order may be cited as the Standards (Verification of Conformity to 
Standards and other Applicable Regulations ) (Amendment)Order, 2021 . 
 Citation  
2.  The Standards (Verification of Conformity to Standards and other 
Applicable Regulations) Order 2020, hereinafter referred to as the ''principal 
Regulations'' is amended by inserting the following new Regulatio n 
immediately after Regulation 2 – 
 
2A. In this Order, unless the context otherwise Requires – 
“Act” means the Standards Act;  
“Approved warehous e” means a premise approved by the Bureau for 
storage of goods other than a designated customs  area.  
 
3. The Principal Regulations is amended is amended in Regulation 7 by 
inserting the following new sub -Regulation immediately after sub -
Regulation (2)   
(3) Provided where there is a conflict between the Verification of 
conformity to Kenya Standard conducted under 7 (1) above and the 
re-inspection conducted under 7(2 ) the  re-inspection under 7(2) shall 
prevail.  
 Amendment of the  
Standards (Verification of Conformity 
to Standards and other Applicable 
Regulations) Order 2020  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amendment of Regulation 7  
4.  The Principal Regulations is amended in Regulation 9 by : 
 
(1)  Deleting sub -regulation (2) and substituting therefore the following new 
sub-regulation (2)  
(2) The importer of a product which is the subject of this Order which 
arrives at a port of entry without a certificate of conformity, certificate 
of inspection or certificate of roadworthiness and which is kept in an 
approved warehouse pursuant to sub paragr aph (3) shall, in addition 
to the fee specified in subparagraph (1), execute a security bond in Amendment of Regulation 9  favour of the Bureau equal to five per cent of the approved customs 
value of the product.  
(2) Inserting the following new sub -regulation s immediately after sub -
Regulation (4) ––  
 
(5) A product imported by a consolidator registered pursuant to 
Section 14C of the Standards Act which is the subject of this Order 
which arrives at a port of entry without a certificate of conformity or  
certificate of inspection shall be subjected to destination inspection 
at a fee equal to zero point six (0.6%) per cent of the approve d 
customs value of the product.  
(6) Notwithstanding the provision of sub paragraph (1) A product 
registered by KEBS on th e basis of a valid certification recognized by 
KEBS shall be subjected to destination inspection at the importer’s 
expense at the rate that would be applicable if inspection had been 
undertaken in the exporting country by an inspection body 
appointed by th e Bureau provided that such registration is obtained 
before importation .  
 
                   Dated the….           
                                                                                                                    BETTY C. MAINA , 
Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization , Trade  and Enterprise Development .