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 of conformity in respect of the controlled goods;
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(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.