(1) The Bureau shall establish Indian Standards in relation to any goods, article, process, system or service and shall reaffirm, amend, revise or withdraw Indian Standards so established as may be necessary, by a process of consultation with stakeholders who may include representatives of various interests such as consumers, regulatory and other Government bodies, industry, testing laboratories or calibration laboratories, scientists, technologists, and members of the Committees of the Bureau:
Provided that where a standard is being established on the request of the Central Government or the regulator, which is emerging from or has an impact on national policy, the Central Government or the concerned regulator shall be consulted to ensure that the standard is consistent with such policy:
Provided further that any Indian Standard established by the erstwhile Indian Standards Institution and the Bureau of Indian Standards established under Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986) before the date of commencement of the Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder, shall be deemed to have been established under the provisions of the Act or under these rules or regulations made under Section 39 of the Act.
(2) All Indian Standards, their revisions, amendments and withdrawal shall be established by notification in the Official Gazette.