Regulation 19
Saving and transitional provisions
of Consumer Protection (Conformity Assessment) Regulations 2025
Subregulation 1
Any agreement that was an approved testing agreement as defined in regulation 2 of the revoked Regulations immediately before the specified date is on and after that date treated as an approved testing agreement as defined in regulation 2(1) of these Regulations.
Subregulation 2
Where an application to be designated as a CAB (Certification) made under regulation 5 of the revoked Regulations is pending immediately before the specified date, the application is on and after that date treated as an application to be designated as a CAB (Certification) under regulation 5 of these Regulations.
Subregulation 3
Where an application for renewal of designation as a CAB (Certification) made under regulation 5 (as applied by regulation 9) of the revoked Regulations is pending immediately before the specified date, the application is on and after that date treated as an application for renewal of designation as a CAB (Certification) under regulation 5 (as applied by regulation 9) of these Regulations.
Subregulation 4
Where an application to be designated as a CAB (Testing) made under regulation 5 of the revoked Regulations is pending immediately before the specified date, the application is on and after that date treated as an application to be designated as a CAB (Testing) under regulation 5 of these Regulations.
Subregulation 5
Where an application for renewal of designation as a CAB (Testing) made under regulation 5 (as applied by regulation 9) of the revoked Regulations is pending immediately before the specified date, the application is on and after that date treated as an application for renewal of designation as a CAB (Testing) under regulation 5 (as applied by regulation 9) of these Regulations.
Subregulation 6
A person who, immediately before the specified date, was a CAB (Certification) as defined in regulation 2 of the revoked Regulations, is on and after that date deemed to be a CAB (Certification) under these Regulations for the remaining period of the person’s designation as such, subject to any condition to which that designation was subject immediately before that date.
Subregulation 7
Regulation 11(1) applies to a person mentioned in paragraph (6) in relation to any document or information mentioned in regulation 11(1) in connection with its business of conformity assessment carried on before the specified date (including any evidence of participation in proficiency testing or any other comparison exercise mentioned in regulation 15(3)(b) of the revoked Regulations), as it applies to that document or information in connection with that business carried on by that person on or after that date.
Subregulation 8
A person who, immediately before the specified date, was a CAB (Testing) as defined in regulation 2 of the revoked Regulations, is on and after that date deemed to be a CAB (Testing) under these Regulations for the remaining period of the person’s designation as such, subject to any condition to which that designation was subject immediately before that date.
Subregulation 9
Regulation 11(1) applies to a person mentioned in paragraph (8) in relation to any document or information mentioned in regulation 11(1) in connection with its business of testing carried on before the specified date (including any evidence of participation in proficiency testing or any other comparison exercise mentioned in regulation 15(3)(b) of the revoked Regulations), as it applies to that document or information in connection with that business carried on by that person on or after that date.
Subregulation 10
Any notification given by a person mentioned in paragraph (6) or (8) under regulation 11(2) or (3) of the revoked Regulations before the specified date is treated as having been given under regulation 11(2) or (3) of these Regulations, respectively.
Subregulation 11
Regulation 14 applies to a person mentioned in paragraph (6) in relation to a product that it certified before the specified date, as it applies to that person in relation to a product that it certifies on or after that date, except that the period for which the technical file for the product is to be maintained under regulation 14(2) or (3) (as the case may be) is substituted with the unexpired period for which the technical file is to be maintained under regulation 14 of the revoked Regulations.
Subregulation 12
Any request given by the old Designating Authority under regulation 14(4) of the revoked Regulations before the specified date is on and after that date treated as having been given by the Designating Authority under regulation 14(4) of these Regulations and must be complied with before the expiry of the 7‑day period mentioned in regulation 14(4) of the revoked Regulations.
Subregulation 13
Regulation 17(1) and (2) applies to a person mentioned in paragraph (6) or (8) in relation to any ground mentioned in regulation 17(1) that arose before the specified date, as it applies to that person in relation to any such ground that arises on or after the specified date, with the following modifications:
the reference in regulation 17(1)(a) to the business of conformity assessment or testing of products relating to conformity assessment for which the person is designated includes the business for which the person was designated under the revoked Regulations; (b)the reference in regulation 17(1)(b) and (f) to the requirements for which the person is designated includes the requirements for which the person was designated under the revoked Regulations;
the reference in regulation 17(1)(c) to any provision of Part 3 includes any provision of Part 3 of the revoked Regulations; (d)the reference in regulation 17(1)(e) to any condition imposed by the Designating Authority on the person’s designation includes any condition imposed by the old Designating Authority on the person’s designation under the revoked Regulations; (e)the reference in regulation 17(1)(g) to a failure to pay the Designating Authority any costs and expenses required under these Regulations includes a failure to pay the old Designating Authority any costs and expenses required under the revoked Regulations.
Subregulation 14
Paragraph (15) applies where —
the old Designating Authority had under regulation 17(2) of the revoked Regulations given a person mentioned in paragraph (6) or (8) a reasonable opportunity to be heard against the withdrawal of a designation under the revoked Regulations; and
either of the following applies:
the time period mentioned in regulation 17(2)(a)(ii) of the revoked Regulations had not expired before the specified date;
the time period mentioned in regulation 17(2)(a)(ii) of the revoked Regulations had expired before the specified date but the old Designating Authority had not before the specified date, notified the person in writing of its decision under regulation 17(3) of the revoked Regulations.
Subregulation 15
The Designating Authority is treated as having given the person mentioned in paragraph (14) a reasonable opportunity to be heard under regulation 17(2) of these Regulations and the Designating Authority may —
where paragraph (14)(b)(i) applies, upon the expiry of the time period mentioned in regulation 17(2)(a)(ii) of the revoked Regulations, deal with the person in accordance with regulation 17(3) of these Regulations; and
where paragraph (14)(b)(ii) applies, deal with the person in accordance with regulation 17(3) of these Regulations.
Subregulation 16
Where a person’s designation as a CAB (Certification) or CAB (Testing) is suspended or withdrawn under regulation 17 of the revoked Regulations as at the date immediately before the specified date, the suspension or withdrawal continues on and after the specified date as if it were a suspension or withdrawal (as the case may be) of the person’s designation as a CAB (Certification) or CAB (Testing) (as the case may be) under regulation 17 of these Regulations.
Subregulation 17
In this regulation —
Definition
“old Designating Authority” means the Designating Authority as defined in regulation 2 of the revoked Regulations;
Definition
“revoked Regulations” means the Enterprise Singapore Board (Conformity Assessment) Regulations 2018 as in force immediately before the specified date;
Definition
“specified date” means 1 July 2025.