Environmental Protection and Management (Prescribed Regulated Goods) Order 2022

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Current version
as at 20 Apr 2024

No. S 272

Environmental Protection and
Management Act 1999

Environmental Protection and
Management (Prescribed Regulated Goods)
Order 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 40B of the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999, the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, after consulting the National Environment Agency, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Environmental Protection and Management (Prescribed Regulated Goods) Order 2022 and comes into operation on 1 October 2022.

Definitions

2. In this Order —

“substitute chiller” means a chiller supplied pursuant to an agreement mentioned in paragraph 3(b)(ii)(B) or 4(b)(i), to take the place of any chiller (X) earlier supplied under that agreement, upon the end of the service life of X, as an upgrade of X, or in accordance with any schedule that was agreed upon, where X may or may not be the first chiller supplied under that agreement;

“warranty” means a warranty given by a supplier of a chiller against defects in the components and workmanship in the chiller, and promising, if the chiller is defective, to repair or replace the chiller within the period specified in the warranty.

Regulated goods for supply

3. The following goods are regulated goods for the purposes of section 40D(1)(a) of the Act:

(a)

any air‑conditioner described in Part 1 of the First Schedule, from (and including) the date specified opposite that air‑conditioner, but not if —

(i)

the air‑conditioner is a second‑hand air‑conditioner; or

(ii)

the air‑conditioner (not being a second‑hand air‑conditioner) —

(A)	was imported into or manufactured in Singapore before 1 October 2022, and is supplied between 1 October 2022 and 30 September 2023 (both dates inclusive);
(B)	is supplied pursuant to an agreement entered into before 31 March 2022; or
(C)	is supplied between 1 October 2022 and 30 September 2023 (both dates inclusive) pursuant to an agreement entered into on or after 31 March 2022 but before 1 October 2022;

(b)

any chiller described in Part 1 of the Second Schedule, from (and including) the date specified opposite that chiller, but not if —

(i)

the chiller is a second‑hand chiller; or

(ii)

the chiller (not being a second‑hand chiller) —

(A)	was imported into or manufactured in Singapore before 1 October 2022, and is supplied between 1 October 2022 and 30 September 2023 (both dates inclusive);
(B)	is supplied pursuant to an agreement entered into before 1 October 2022 and is not a substitute chiller; or
(C)	is supplied pursuant to a warranty in the agreement under which a chiller mentioned in sub‑paragraph (A) or (B) is supplied, as a replacement of the same brand and model as that chiller;

(c)

any refrigerator described in Part 1 of the Third Schedule, from (and including) the date specified opposite that refrigerator, but not if —

(i)

the refrigerator is a second‑hand refrigerator; or

(ii)

the refrigerator (not being a second‑hand refrigerator) —

(A)	was imported into or manufactured in Singapore before 1 October 2022, and is supplied between 1 October 2022 and 30 September 2023 (both dates inclusive);
(B)	is supplied pursuant to an agreement entered into before 31 March 2022; or
(C)	is supplied between 1 October 2022 and 30 September 2023 (both dates inclusive) pursuant to an agreement entered into on or after 31 March 2022 but before 1 October 2022.

Regulated goods imported for own use

4. Chillers described in Part 1 of the Second Schedule are regulated goods from (and including) the date specified opposite such chillers for the purpose of section 40D(1)(b) of the Act, but not any of the following chillers:

(a)

a chiller that is a second‑hand chiller;

(b)

a chiller (not being a second‑hand chiller) that is imported by a person for the person’s own use and —

(i)	is supplied to the person under an agreement entered into before 1 October 2022 and is not a substitute chiller; or
(ii)	is supplied pursuant to a warranty in the agreement under which a chiller mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) is supplied, as a replacement of the same brand and model as that chiller.

Made on 30 March 2022.

ALBERT CHUA

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Sustainability and
the Environment,
Singapore.

[NEA/LD/40 V.2; AG/LEGIS/SL/94A/2020/9 Vol. 1]

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