(1) Subject to the provisions of this Decree the Board shall perform such functions and exercise such powers as in its opinion are necessary to further most effectively the aims of the Board as set out in section 2 of this Decree.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the functions and powers of the Board shall be-

(a) to prepare, frame, modify, or amend specifications and promulgate standard specifications;

(b) to promote research in relation to specifications; and to provide for the examination and testing of goods, commodities, processes, and practices, and for those purposes the Board may establish such laboratories and other facilities as it thinks fit;

(c) to prohibit the sale or manufacture of foods in the national interest;[As substituted by Statndards (Amendment) Decree 1979, (AFRCD 44) ]

(d) to maintain the necessary machinery to ensure that goods prepared and manufactured for export are distinctly marked for export only, and to provide for the issue of a certificate to the effect that goods comply with the known requirement of standards in the country to which they are or about to be consigned, before the export of such goods is permitted;

(e) to prohibit the importation into Ghana of foods which have not been certified by the Board as complying with its standards;.[As substituted by Standards (Amendment) Decree 1979, (AFRCD 44)]

(f) to provide for the registration, and regulation of the use of standard marks;

(g) to undertake and encourage educational work in connection with standardisation;

(h) to collect and disseminate information relating to standardisation and related matters, including the publication of reports, pamphlets, booklets, journals, and any other publication;

(i) to develop and maintain a collection of library materials and a museum collection relating to standardisation and allied matters;

(j) to assist government departments, local authorities and other public bodies in the preparation of any specifications required by them;

(k) to co-operate with representatives of any industry, or with any government department, local authority, or other public bodies or persons with a view to securing the adoption of standards;

(l) to co-operate with any persons, associations, or organisations outside Ghana having similar functions with a view to furthering the functions of the Board;

(m) to solicit and accept for the purposes of the Board any money, land, or other property from any local authority, organisation, or person by way of grant, subsidy, donation, gift, subscription or otherwise;

(n) to become a member of or affiliate to any international body concerned with standardisation or any related matter;

(o) to endorse any international or other overseas specifications as suitable for use in Ghana, so, however, that any such endorsement shall not have the effect of making the specification a standard specification under this Decree;

(p) to appoint agents of the Board in Ghana or any other country for such purpose as it determines;

(q) to establish branch offices of the Board in Ghana;

(r) to institute training schemes for its staff either in Ghana or elsewhere in furtherance of its aims.