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No. S 729

Energy Conservation Act

(CHAPTER 92C)

Energy Conservation (Prescribed Regulated
Goods) (Amendment) Order 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the Energy Conservation Act, the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, 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 2019 and comes into operation on 1 November 2019.

Amendment of paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 2 of the Energy Conservation (Prescribed Regulated Goods) Order 2017 (G.N. No. S 747/2017) (called in this Order the principal Order) is amended by deleting the full‑stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (f) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(g)	any ballast described in Part 1 of the Seventh Schedule, from the date specified opposite that ballast.”.

Amendment of Third Schedule

3. The Third Schedule to the principal Order is amended —

(a)

by deleting Part 1 and substituting the following Part:

“Part 1

Lamps that are regulated goods

Description of lamp

Date from which becomes
regulated goods

1.	Any specified single‑phase lamp that is an incandescent lamp —

1 January 2018

(a)	with an Edison screw or a bayonet lamp cap; and

(b)	with power rating 25 W or above but not exceeding 200 W

2.	Any specified single‑phase lamp that is a compact fluorescent lamp with integrated ballast —

1 January 2018

(a)	with an Edison screw or a bayonet lamp cap; and

(b)	with power rating up to 60 W

3.	Any specified single‑phase lamp that is an LED lamp —

1 January 2018

(a)	with an Edison screw or a bayonet lamp cap; and

(b)	with power rating up to 60 W

CFLni

1 November 2019

LFL

1 November 2019

6.	Any specified single‑phase lamp that is an LED lamp designed as a direct replacement for a lamp described in item 4 or 5 without requiring any internal modification of the luminaires

1 November 2019

”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “compact fluorescent lamp with integrated ballast” in Part 2, the following definition:

“ “compact fluorescent lamp without integrated ballast” or “CFLni” means any specified single‑phase lamp that is a compact fluorescent lamp without an integrated ballast, with a lamp cap designed to be fitted into a lamp holder for G24d‑1, G24d‑2, or G24d‑3 lamp cap as specified in IEC 60061‑1;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “fluorescent lamp” in Part 2, the following definition:

“ “IEC” means the International Electrotechnical Commission;”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “light” in Part 2, the following definitions:

“ “linear, double‑capped fluorescent lamp without integrated ballast” or “LFL” means any specified single‑phase lamp that is a linear, double‑capped, fluorescent lamp with a diameter of 26 mm and with a length of 0.5 m and above but not exceeding 1.5 m;

“luminaire” means an apparatus that distributes, filters or transforms the light transmitted from one or more light sources and that includes all the parts necessary for supporting, fixing and protecting the light sources (including the circuit auxiliaries together with the means for connecting them to the supply) but not the light sources themselves;”; and

(e)

by deleting the words “with an Edison screw or a bayonet lamp cap” in the definition of “specified single‑phase lamp” in Part 2.

New Seventh Schedule

4. The principal Order is amended by inserting, immediately after the Sixth Schedule, the following Schedule:

“SEVENTH SCHEDULE

Paragraph 2(g)

Part 1

BALLASTS THAT ARE REGULATED GOODS

Description of ballast

Date from which becomes
regulated goods

1.	Any specified ballast for a fluorescent lamp

1 November 2019

Part 2

DEFINITIONS

In this Schedule —

“ballast” has the meaning given by Part 2 of the Third Schedule;

“fluorescent lamp” has the meaning given by Part 2 of the Third Schedule;

“high frequency ballast”, in relation to a fluorescent lamp, means a ballast that is a mains‑supplied alternating current to alternating current inverter that includes stabilising elements for starting and operating one or more fluorescent lamps, generally at high frequency;

“luminaire” has the meaning given by Part 2 of the Third Schedule;

“non‑high frequency ballast” means a ballast that is not a high frequency ballast;

“specified ballast for a fluorescent lamp” means an external ballast —

(a)

designed to operate with a fluorescent lamp that can be interchangeably operated with a high frequency ballast or non‑high frequency ballast; and

(b)

that is not —

(i)	integrated as an irreplaceable part of a luminaire;
(ii)	for use as a reference ballast in laboratories for lighting measurement techniques; or
(iii)	intended for use in emergency lighting luminaires, and designed to operate the lamps in emergency conditions.”.

Transitional provision

5.—(1) Paragraph 2 does not apply in relation to any supply, between 1 November 2019 and 31 October 2020 (both dates inclusive), of a ballast mentioned in paragraph 2(g) of the principal Order that is —

(a)	imported into or manufactured in Singapore before 1 November 2019; or
(b)	imported into or manufactured in Singapore on or after 1 November 2019 and supplied under an agreement entered into before 1 November 2019.

(2) Paragraph 3 does not apply in relation to any supply, between 1 November 2019 and 31 October 2020 (both dates inclusive), of a lamp described in item 4, 5 or 6 of Part 1 of the Third Schedule to the principal Order that is —

(a)	imported into or manufactured in Singapore before 1 November 2019; or
(b)	imported into or manufactured in Singapore on or after 1 November 2019 and supplied under an agreement entered into before 1 November 2019.

[G.N. No. S 602/2018]

Made on 31 October 2019.

ALBERT CHUA

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of the Environment and
Water Resources,
Singapore.

[MEWR C030/01/129 VOL 006; NEA/LD/167 V.3; AG/LEGIS/SL/92C/2015/1 Vol. 2]