In the process for standards adoption, it should not take more than 6 months to complete. It follows the committee review, public comment, ballot and then publication. For any standards which will be developed from the initial stage, the process takes up to 1.5 years to complete. For both line of work, the technical aspects are usually fast to complete however, the administrative and legal issues, if any, at the gazettal and publication stage will delay the project completion.

The NISIT Standardization Directives Part 1 and Part 2 provides the mechanism on how Papua New Guinea Standards shall be adopted and/or developed. These documents are adopted from the ISO/IEC Standardization Directives and customised to the economic and social operating conditions of Papua New Guinea.

When a Standard is published, it is gazetted by the PNG Government after approval by the Minister for Commerce & Industry. All Papua New Guinea Standards (PNGS) are ‘voluntary’ documents unless they called up in legislation. When a Standard is adopted as a PNGS, it is allocated a unique number. For example, PNGS/AS 3000 for electrical wiring rules. This Standard is ‘mandatory’ as it is called up in the Papua New Guinea Electricity Regulation.