Public Utilities (Water Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

No. S 164

Public Utilities Act

(CHAPTER 261)

Public Utilities (Water Supply)
(Amendment) Regulations 2018

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 72 of the Public Utilities Act, the Public Utilities Board, with the approval of the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Public Utilities (Water Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and come into operation on 1 April 2018.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Public Utilities (Water Supply) Regulations (Rg 5) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (established under section 3 of the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Act (Cap. 303A))” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “accredited laboratory” and substituting the words “the Enterprise Singapore Board (established by section 3 of the Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018 (Act 10 of 2018))”;
(b)	by deleting the definitions of “connecting pipe”, “meter”, “registered professional engineer”, “storage tank”, “water fittings” and “water main”;
(c)	by deleting the words “the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board” in the definition of “Singapore Standard” and substituting the words “the Enterprise Singapore Board”; and
(d)	by deleting the semi‑colon at the end of the definition of “Water Efficiency Label” and substituting a full‑stop.

Amendment of regulation 10

3. Regulation 10(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “water service worker” and substituting the words “licensed plumber”.

Amendment of regulation 14

4. Regulation 14 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “water storage tank” wherever they appear in paragraphs (1) and (4) and substituting in each case the words “storage tank”;
(b)	by deleting the words “a licensed water service plumber” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “a licensed plumber”; and
(c)	by deleting the words “water storage tank” in the regulation heading and substituting the words “storage tank”.

Deletion of Part III

5. Part III of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Amendment of regulation 40A

6. Regulation 40A of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately before the definition of “affix”, the following definition:

“ “accredited certification body” means a certification body accredited under the Certification Bodies (Water Efficiency Labelling) Scheme administered by the Enterprise Singapore Board (established by section 3 of the Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018 (Act 10 of 2018));”.

Amendment of regulation 40AD

7. Regulation 40AD(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “the Board” in sub‑paragraph (c) and substituting the words “an accredited certification body”.

Amendment of regulation 40AE

8. Regulation 40AE(2) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “must be”, the words “submitted to the Board through an accredited certification body and”; and

(b)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub‑paragraph (b), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(ba)

a certificate issued by an accredited certification body, stating the water efficiency rating for the specified water fitting; and”.

Amendment of regulation 40AF

9. Regulation 40AF(3) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub‑paragraph (b); and

(b)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (c) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(d)	the registered supplier has ceased to supply the registered water fitting.”.

Amendment of regulation 40K

10. Regulation 40K(4) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “the Certificate of Satisfactory Completion referred to in regulation 30(1) is submitted on the completion of the water service works” and substituting the words “a licensed plumber submits to the Board a certificate of satisfactory completion under the Public Utilities (Regulated Works and WSI Design Works) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 163/2018) on completion of the WSI works”.

Amendment of First Schedule

11. The First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the sub‑heading immediately above paragraph 7 and substituting the following sub‑heading:

“Storage tanks”;

(b)

by deleting the words “water storage tanks” in paragraph 11(3) and substituting the words “storage tanks”; and

(c)

by deleting the words “water storage tank” in paragraphs 11(4) and 16(2) and substituting in each case the words “storage tank”.

Amendment of Third Schedule

12. The Third Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting “19, 24(2),” in the Schedule reference;
(b)	by deleting paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of item 1; and
(c)	by deleting “1(3), (5)” in item 2 and substituting “1(5)”.

[G.N. Nos. S 97/2005; S 703/2008; S 832/2010; S 161/2011; S 616/2013; S 721/2014; S 826/2014; S 55/2015; S 133/2017; S 336/2017]

Made on 27 March 2018.

CHIANG CHIE FOO

Chairman,
Public Utilities Board,
Singapore.

[MEWR S030/01/124 V15; AG/LEGIS/SL/261/2015/3 Vol. 3]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 72(4) of the Public Utilities Act).

Search within Legislation