Energy Conservation (Fuel Economy Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

No. S 775

Energy Conservation Act

(CHAPTER 92C)

Energy Conservation
(Fuel Economy Labelling)
(Amendment) Regulations 2017

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 62 of the Energy Conservation Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Energy Conservation (Fuel Economy Labelling) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into operation on 1 January 2018.

Amendment of regulation 1

2. Regulation 1 of the Energy Conservation (Fuel Economy Labelling) Regulations 2012 (G.N. No. S 307/2012) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting the words “Fuel Economy Labelling” and substituting the words “Fuel Economy and Vehicular Emissions Labelling”.

Amendment of regulation 2

3. Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “fuel economy label” and substituting the following definition:

“ “light goods vehicle” has the same meaning as in rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (Cap. 276, R 5);”;

(b)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “UNECE Regulation No. 101” and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:

“ “vehicular emissions label” means a label approved by the Registrar for any motor vehicle or model or batch of motor vehicles under regulation 6.”; and

(c)

by renumbering the regulation as paragraph (1) of that regulation, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, the emission band applicable to a motor vehicle is as set out in the Schedule.”.

Amendment of regulation 3

4. Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “fuel economy information or documents” in paragraph (2)(a)(i) and substituting the words “information or documents on fuel economy and vehicular emissions”;

(b)

by deleting sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(b)

the fuel consumption and vehicular emissions of the model of motor vehicle as follows:

(i)

for a light goods vehicle, the fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions data of the model of light goods vehicle measured in accordance with the provisions of UNECE Regulation No. 101 or EC Directive 80/1268/EEC;

(ii)

for any other motor vehicle —

(A)	the fuel consumption of the model of motor vehicle measured in accordance with the provisions of UNECE Regulation No. 101 or EC Directive 80/1268/EEC; and
(B)	the vehicular emissions of the model of the motor vehicle measured in accordance with rules 4 and 5 of the Road Traffic (Vehicular Emissions Tax) Rules 2017 (G.N. No. S 776/2017).”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) The measurements under paragraph (2)(b)(ii)(B) must be of the vehicular emissions (other than carbon dioxide) from the same test cycle.”.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 5

5. Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Fee for vehicular emissions label

5.—(1) Every application for type‑approval, batch type‑approval or modified type‑approval must be accompanied by a non‑refundable processing fee for a vehicular emissions label approved for the motor vehicle or the model or batch of motor vehicles which is the subject of the application, as follows:

(a)	$37, in the case of a light goods vehicle;
(b)	$70, in the case of any other motor vehicle.

(2) The fee in paragraph (1) is in addition to such other fees as may be required in respect of the application.”.

Amendment of regulation 6

6. Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “fuel economy label” wherever they appear in paragraphs (1) and (2) and in the regulation heading and substituting in each case the words “vehicular emissions label”;

(b)

by deleting the words “a motor vehicle, a model of motor vehicle or a batch of motor vehicles shall” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “a light goods vehicle, a model of light goods vehicle or a batch of light goods vehicles must”;

(c)

by deleting the words “motor vehicles” in paragraph (2)(c) and substituting the words “light goods vehicles”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) A vehicular emissions label approved for a motor vehicle other than a light goods vehicle, a model of such motor vehicle or a batch of such motor vehicles must state all of the following information:

(a)	the fuel consumption or electric energy consumption or both (as the case may be) for the combined driving cycle of the motor vehicle or the model or batch of motor vehicles, as stated in the information and documents submitted under regulation 3(2), and expressed in accordance with regulation 8(3);
(b)	the vehicular emissions for the combined driving cycle of the motor vehicle, as stated in the information and documents submitted under regulation 3(2), and expressed in accordance with regulation 8(3);
(c)	the emission band applicable to the motor vehicle;
(d)	the vehicle make and model of the motor vehicle;
(e)	the engine capacity of the motor vehicle;
(f)	the fuel type on which the motor vehicle runs.”.

Amendment of regulation 7

7. Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “fuel economy label” wherever they appear in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) and in the regulation heading and substituting in each case the words “vehicular emissions label”.

Amendment of regulation 8

8. Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(b)

in relation to the emissions for the combined driving cycle of the motor vehicles or the model or batch of motor vehicles, as follows:

(i)	for a light goods vehicle, the carbon dioxide emissions;
(ii)	for any other motor vehicle, the emission band applicable to the motor vehicle.”;

(b)

by deleting the words “watt hours per kilometre (Wh/km)” in paragraph (3)(b) and substituting the words “kilowatt hours per 100 kilometre (kWh/100 km)”;

(c)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (3)(b); and

(d)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (c) of paragraph (3) and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(c)	carbon dioxide emissions for a light goods vehicle must be expressed in grams per kilometre (g/km), rounded to the nearest whole number;
(d)	the emission band applicable to the motor vehicle.”.

Amendment of regulation 9

9. Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “fuel economy label” wherever they appear in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) and in the regulation heading and substituting in each case the words “vehicular emissions label”.

Amendment of regulation 10

10. Regulation 10 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “fuel economy label” in paragraphs (1) and (2) and in the regulation heading and substituting in each case the words “vehicular emissions label”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “fuel economy information” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “fuel economy or vehicular emissions information”.

New Schedule

11. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 10, the following Schedule:

“THE SCHEDULE

Regulation 2(2)

EMISSION BANDS APPLICABLE TO MOTOR VEHICLES

S/No.

Description of motor vehicle

Applicable emission band

A motor vehicle under rule 10(2)(b) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (Cap. 276, R 5)

Band A1

A motor vehicle under rule 10(2)(a) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules

Band A2

A motor vehicle not referred to in items 1, 2, 4 or 5

Band B

A motor vehicle under rule 3(2)(b) of the Road Traffic (Vehicular Emissions Tax) Rules 2017 (G.N. No. S 776/2017)

Band C1

A motor vehicle under rule 3(2)(a) of the Road Traffic (Vehicular Emissions Tax) Rules 2017

Band C2

”.

Made on 27 December 2017.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.443.5.034.0.10; AG/LEGIS/SL/92C/2015/10 Vol. 1]

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