Singapore legislation
Section 16
Section 16
Withdrawal or revocation of registration
(1)
The Director‑General may withdraw the registration —
of any registered supplier where the registered supplier applies to the Director‑General to withdraw the registered supplier’s registration; or
of any registered goods which a registered supplier ceases to supply in Singapore, where the registered supplier applies to the Director‑General to withdraw the registration.
(2)
The Director‑General may revoke the registration of any registered supplier after giving notice to the registered supplier and after such inquiry as the Director‑General thinks fit —
if the registered supplier procured the registration by providing any particulars, information or document, or by making any statement or representation, to the Director‑General which is false or misleading in any material particular;
if the Director‑General is satisfied that the registered supplier has contravened any condition of the registration;
if the registered supplier has been convicted of —
an offence under section 12(2) as in force before 1 January 2018 of supplying registrable goods that do not meet the minimum energy efficiency standards prescribed for those goods; or
an offence under section 12(2) of making a prohibited supply of regulated goods, being goods that do not meet any requirement under section 12(4)(b) applicable to the regulated goods; or
in the event of such other occurrence or in such other circumstances as may be prescribed.
(3)
The Director‑General may revoke the registration of any registered goods after giving notice to the registered supplier supplying those goods and after such inquiry as the Director‑General thinks fit, if the Director‑General is satisfied —
that the registered goods do not conform with the results of any test or examination furnished by the registered supplier to the Director‑General under this Part;
that the regulated goods do not meet any requirement under section 12(4) applicable to the regulated goods and not waived under section 31B(1);
that a modification to the registered goods has resulted in a change that affects the energy efficiency of the registered goods;
that the registered supplier has procured the registration of the registered goods by providing any particulars, information or document, or by making any statement or representation, to the Director‑General which is false or misleading in any material particular;
that the registered supplier has contravened any condition of the registration of the registered goods; or
that the registered supplier has contravened any provision of this Act in relation to the registered goods.
(4)
The Director‑General must, within 14 days after revoking any registration under subsection (2) or (3), inform the registered supplier in writing of the revocation and the grounds for the revocation.
(5)
Where the registration of any registered goods has been withdrawn under subsection (1)(b) or revoked under subsection (3), it is the duty of every registered supplier of those goods to notify every other person —
to whom the registered supplier has supplied those goods; and
who, in the course of any trade or business, supplies those goods in Singapore,of the withdrawal or revocation of the registration of the goods.