Consumer Protection (Trade Descriptions and Safety Requirements) Act
(CHAPTER 53, Sections 11 and 32)
Consumer Protection (Safety Requirements) Regulations
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G.N. No. S 23/2002

REVISED EDITION 2004
(29th February 2004)
[1st April 2002]
PART II
REGISTERED SUPPLIERS AND REGISTERED CONTROLLED GOODS
Importer or manufacturer to apply to be registered as Registered Supplier and to register controlled goods
5.—(1)  Any importer or manufacturer in Singapore who intends, in the course of any trade or business, to supply or advertise for supply any controlled goods in Singapore shall apply to the Safety Authority —
(a)to be registered as a Registered Supplier; and
(b)to register any controlled goods which the importer or manufacturer intends to supply or advertise for supply in Singapore.
(2)  An importer or a manufacturer which contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
Application for registration of supplier
6.  An application to be registered as a Registered Supplier shall be in such form as the Safety Authority may determine and shall be accompanied by such documents and information as the Safety Authority may require.
Application for registration of controlled goods
7.—(1)  Subject to paragraph (5), an application for registration of any high-risk controlled goods or medium-risk controlled goods must be made by a Registered Supplier in such form as the Safety Authority may require, and must be accompanied by —
(a)a certificate certifying that the controlled goods conform to the safety requirements specified by the Safety Authority for the controlled goods on the Safety Authority’s website (called in these Regulations a certificate of conformity);
(b)such other information and documents as the Safety Authority may require to decide the application; and
(c)a non-refundable fee of the amount specified in the Third Schedule.
(2)  Subject to paragraph (6), an application for registration of any low-risk controlled goods must be made by a Registered Supplier in such form as the Safety Authority may require and must be accompanied by —
(a)a declaration by the Registered Supplier that the controlled goods conform to the safety requirements specified by the Safety Authority for the controlled goods (called in these Regulations a supplier’s declaration);
(b)such other information and documents as the Safety Authority may require to decide the application; and
(c)a non-refundable fee of the amount specified in the Third Schedule.
(3)  For the purpose of paragraph (1)(a), the certificate of conformity must be issued by —
(a)a CAB (Certification) that certified the controlled goods based on a test report issued in respect of those controlled goods by a CAB (Testing), a CAB (Testing — MRA), or an alternate testing laboratory; or
(b)a CAB (Certification — MRA).
(4)  For the purpose of paragraph (2)(a), the Registered Supplier must make the supplier’s declaration on the basis of a test report issued in respect of the controlled goods by a CAB (Testing), a CAB (Testing — MRA), or an alternate testing laboratory.
(5)  The Safety Authority may accept an application under paragraph (1) that is not accompanied by a certificate of conformity if —
(a)either or both of the following occurs:
(i)no CAB (Testing) is able to test the controlled goods without unreasonable delay, and the Safety Authority is satisfied that it would be unreasonable to require the Registered Supplier to have the controlled goods tested by a CAB (Testing — MRA) or an alternate testing laboratory;
(ii)no CAB (Certification) is able to certify the controlled goods without unreasonable delay, and the Safety Authority is satisfied that it would be unreasonable to require the Registered Supplier to have the controlled goods certified by a CAB (Certification — MRA); and
(b)the Safety Authority performs such conformity assessment or test on the controlled goods as may be necessary to ensure that the controlled goods conform to the safety requirements specified by the Safety Authority.
(6)  The Safety Authority may accept an application under paragraph (2) that is not accompanied by a supplier’s declaration if —
(a)no CAB (Testing) is able to test the controlled goods without unreasonable delay;
(b)the Safety Authority is satisfied that it would be unreasonable to require the Registered Supplier to have the controlled goods tested by a CAB (Testing — MRA) or an alternate testing laboratory; and
(c)the Safety Authority performs such test on the controlled goods as may be necessary to ensure that the controlled goods conform to the safety requirements specified by the Safety Authority.
(7)  Any expenses incurred by the Safety Authority in performing any conformity assessment or test mentioned in paragraph (5) or (6) must be borne by the Registered Supplier.
(8)  The Safety Authority must notify the Registered Supplier in writing of the registration of the controlled goods for which the Registered Supplier has made an application under paragraph (1) or (2).
(9)  The Safety Authority may impose such conditions as it thinks fit on the registration of any controlled goods.
(10)  A Registered Supplier who —
(a)procures or attempts to procure the registration of any high-risk controlled goods or medium-risk controlled goods —
(i)by making or causing to be made a certificate of conformity that is false; or
(ii)by producing to the Safety Authority a certificate of conformity that the Registered Supplier knows or has reason to believe is false;
(b)procures or attempts to procure the registration of any low-risk controlled goods —
(i)by making or producing or causing to be made or produced a supplier’s declaration that is false; or
(ii)where the Registered Supplier knows or has reason to believe that a test report mentioned in paragraph (4) has not been issued in respect of those controlled goods;
(c)fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine, for any purpose that is connected with the supply of controlled goods, a certificate of conformity or test report that the Registered Supplier knows or has reason to believe is false; or
(d)procures or attempts to procure the registration of any controlled goods by providing any information or document to the Safety Authority that the Registered Supplier knows or has reason to believe is false,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
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Duration and renewal of registration of controlled goods
8.—(1)  The registration of any controlled goods shall be valid for a period of 3 years or the period of validity of the certificate of conformity of the controlled goods, whichever is the less, and may be renewed.
(2)  The registration of any controlled goods may be renewed subject to such terms and conditions as the Safety Authority may impose.
(3)  Unless the Safety Authority otherwise allows, an application for renewal of registration of any controlled goods shall be made before the registration of the controlled goods expires.
Application of regulations to renewal of registration of controlled goods
9.  Regulations 7 and 8 shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to a renewal of registration of any controlled goods.
Register of Registered Suppliers and registered controlled goods
10.—(1)  The Safety Authority shall keep and maintain a register in which shall be entered the names and such particulars of the Registered Suppliers and registered controlled goods as the Safety Authority may determine.
(2)  The Safety Authority may, upon an application by any person accompanied by the fee specified in the Third Schedule, provide a certified copy of an entry in the register.
Removal from register
11.—(1)  Where —
(a)the Registered Supplier applies to the Safety Authority for his registration to be withdrawn;
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(aa)the Registered Supplier has not registered any controlled goods for 12 months after the date of the Registered Supplier’s registration (including any period before 15 January 2018), and the Safety Authority has given the Registered Supplier notice in writing that its registration will be withdrawn; or
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(b)in relation to any controlled goods registered by the Registered Supplier, the Registered Supplier ceases to supply those registered controlled goods, and the Safety Authority has given the Registered Supplier notice in writing that its registration will be withdrawn,
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the Safety Authority may withdraw the registration of the Registered Supplier and may remove the details of such supplier from the register or indicate against the details of such supplier in the register the fact of the withdrawal of registration.
(2)  Where the registration of any registered controlled goods —
(a)expires and is not renewed in accordance with regulation 8; or
(b)is deemed to be suspended or withdrawn under regulation 24,
the Safety Authority may remove the details of the registered controlled goods from the register or indicate against the details of the goods in the register the fact of such expiry, suspension or withdrawal of registration.
Fees collected to be paid to Safety Authority
12.  The fees collected under these Regulations shall be paid to the Safety Authority and may be applied by the Safety Authority in accordance with the provisions of the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Act (Cap. 303A).
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