Energy Conservation (Prescribed Regulated Goods) (Amendment) Order 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 Mar 2021

No. S 200

Energy Conservation Act

(CHAPTER 92C)

Energy Conservation
(Prescribed Regulated Goods)
(Amendment) Order 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the Energy Conservation Act, the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, after consulting the National Environment Agency, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Energy Conservation (Prescribed Regulated Goods) (Amendment) Order 2021 and comes into operation on 1 April 2021.

Amendment of First Schedule

2. The First Schedule to the Energy Conservation (Prescribed Regulated Goods) Order 2017 (G.N. No. S 747/2017) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after item 3 of Part 1, the following item:

“4.	Any three‑phase variable refrigerant flow (VRF) air‑conditioner

1 April 2021”; and

(b)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of the definition of “split type (non‑inverter) air‑conditioner” in Part 2 and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:

“ “three‑phase variable refrigerant flow (VRF) air‑conditioner” means an encased assembly or assemblies of one or more evaporators, compressors and condensers, designed to be used together as a permanently installed piece of equipment to provide conditioned air to any enclosed space, that —

(a)	is of the variable refrigerant flow type;
(b)	has one or more outdoor units that service a network of indoor units; and
(c)	uses a three‑phase power supply.”.

Transitional provision

3. Paragraph 2(a) does not apply in relation to any supply between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022 (both dates inclusive) of a three‑phase variable refrigerant flow (VRF) air‑conditioner (as defined in Part 2 of the First Schedule to the Energy Conservation (Prescribed Regulated Goods) Order 2017), under an agreement entered into before 1 April 2021.

[G.N. Nos. S 602/2018; S 729/2019]

Made on 26 March 2021.

ALBERT CHUA

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Sustainability and
the Environment,
Singapore.

[MSE C030/01/129 VOL 006; NEA/LD/167 V.3; AG/LEGIS/SL/92C/2020/2 Vol. 1]

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