Environmental Protection and Management (Regulated Goods and Registered Suppliers) Regulations 2022

No. S 274

Environmental Protection and
Management Act 1999

Environmental Protection and
Management (Regulated Goods and
Registered Suppliers) Regulations 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77 of the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999, the National Environment Agency, with the approval of the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Environmental Protection and Management (Regulated Goods and Registered Suppliers) Regulations 2022 and come into operation on 1 October 2022.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“adjusted volume” has the meaning given by Part 2 of the Fourth Schedule to the Energy Conservation (Prescribed Regulated Goods) Order 2017 (G.N. No. S 747/2017);

“full‑load cooling capacity” means the cooling capacity of a regulated air‑conditioner or regulated chiller when operating at full load based on standard rating conditions specified in the prevailing test standard or method, specified in paragraph 3 of the First Schedule;

“refrigerant” means a substance or a blend or mixture of substances, that —

(a)	is used for heat transfer in a refrigerating system;
(b)	absorbs heat when the temperature and pressure of the substance or blend or mixture of substances is low;
(c)	rejects heat when the temperature and pressure of the substance or blend or mixture of substances is high; and
(d)	usually changes from a gaseous state to a liquid state, and vice versa in a refrigerating system;

“registered goods” means any regulated goods that are registered under regulation 5;

“regulated air-conditioner” means any air-conditioner described in paragraph 3(a) of the Environmental Protection and Management (Prescribed Regulated Goods) Order 2022 (G.N. No. S 272/2022);

“regulated chiller” means —

(a)	for the purposes of section 40D(1)(a) of the Act, any chiller described in paragraph 3(b) of the Environmental Protection and Management (Prescribed Regulated Goods) Order 2022; and
(b)	for the purposes of section 40D(1)(b) of the Act, any chiller described in paragraph 4 of the Environmental Protection and Management (Prescribed Regulated Goods) Order 2022;

“regulated refrigerator” means any refrigerator described in paragraph 3(c) of the Environmental Protection and Management (Prescribed Regulated Goods) Order 2022;

“specified laboratory”, in relation to a technical data sheet or test report for any regulated goods, means any of the following:

(a)	an in-house testing laboratory operated by the manufacturer of the regulated goods;
(b)	a testing laboratory accredited by the Singapore Accreditation Council or any of its Mutual Recognition Arrangement partners as being able to perform the prevailing test standard or method specified in paragraph 3 of the First Schedule for the regulated goods;

“technical file”, in relation to any regulated goods, means the file on the regulated goods kept and maintained under regulation 10(1)(a);

“test report”, in relation to any regulated goods, means —

(a)	the report of the test carried out for the regulated goods in accordance with the prevailing test standard or method, specified in paragraph 3 of the First Schedule; and
(b)	where there is more than one such test report in respect of the regulated goods, the test report that is the most recent.

Made on 31 March 2022.

LEE CHUAN SENG

Chairperson,
National Environment Agency,
Singapore.

[NEA/LD/40 V.2; AG/LEGIS/SL/94A/2020/10 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 77(3) of the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999).

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