Singapore legislation
Clause 16
Clause 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 his or its registration as such; 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 such 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) for supplying registrable goods that do not meet the prescribed minimum energy efficiency standards; 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 he 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 registered goods do not meet the prescribed minimum energy efficiency standards;
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;
that the registered supplier has contravened section 12(1) by supplying any registered goods that do not meet the prescribed requirements relating to the labelling 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 shall, 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 shall be 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 such withdrawal or revocation of the registration of the goods.