Environmental Protection and Management Act (Amendment of Second Schedule) (No. 4) Order 2017

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 29 Dec 2017

No. S 784

Environmental Protection and Management Act

(CHAPTER 94A)

Environmental Protection
and Management Act
(Amendment of Second Schedule) (No. 4)
Order 2017

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 76(1) of the Environmental Protection and Management Act, the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Environmental Protection and Management Act (Amendment of Second Schedule) (No. 4) Order 2017 and comes into operation on 1 January 2020.

Amendment of Part I of Second Schedule

2. Part I of the Second Schedule to the Environmental Protection and Management Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the substance “Mercury in Clinical Thermometers”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately below the item relating to the substance “Mercury and its compounds in batteries”, the following item:

“

Mercury in cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode fluorescent lamps used for electronic displays

Cold cathode fluorescent lamps or external electrode fluorescent lamps used for electronic displays, that —

(a)	are not more than 500 mm long and contain not more than 3.5 mg of mercury per lamp;

(b)	are more than 500 mm long but not more than 1500 mm long and contain not more than 5 mg of mercury per lamp; or

(c)	are more than 1500 mm long and contain not more than 13 mg of mercury per lamp.

”; and

(c)

by deleting the item relating to the substance “Mercury in fluorescent lamps (primarily for lighting purposes)” and substituting the following items:

“

Mercury in fluorescent lamps (primarily for general lighting purposes)

Compact fluorescent lamps containing mercury not exceeding 5 mg per lamp;

Triband phosphor linear fluorescent lamps of less than 60 W per lamp containing mercury not exceeding 5 mg per lamp;

Circular fluorescent lamps and other linear fluorescent lamps containing mercury not exceeding 10 mg per lamp.

Mercury in high pressure mercury vapour lamps (primarily for general lighting purposes)

Mercury in switches and relays

Very high accuracy capacitance and loss measurement bridges and high frequency radio frequency switches and relays in monitoring and control instruments containing mercury not exceeding 20 mg per bridge, switch or relay.

Mercury in the following non‑electronic measuring devices:

Barometers
Hygrometers
Manometers
Thermometers
Sphygmomanometers

Non-electronic measuring devices installed in large-scale equipment or those used for high precision measurement, where no suitable mercury‑free alternative is available.

”.

Made on 13 December 2017.

ALBERT CHUA

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

[NEA/LD/40V.2; AG/LEGIS/SL/94A/2015/2 Vol. 1]

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