Regulation 2
Definitions
of Consumer Protection (Conformity Assessment) Regulations 2025
Subregulation 1
In these Regulations —
Definition
“alternate testing laboratory” means —
a testing laboratory or manufacturer’s testing laboratory that is recognised under the IECEE CB Scheme;
a testing laboratory that is recognised by a Foreign Recognition Body; or
a testing laboratory the test reports of which are agreed to be accepted by one or more CAB (Certification) or CAB (Testing) under an approved testing agreement;
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“approved testing agreement” means an agreement, approved by the Designating Authority, under which a CAB (Certification) or CAB (Testing) agrees with the proprietor of a testing laboratory to accept test reports issued by that testing laboratory;
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“CAB” or “conformity assessment body” means a person that performs conformity assessment or any test relating to conformity assessment;
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“CAB (Certification)” means a person designated as such by the Designating Authority under regulation 7 and includes a person deemed to be a CAB (Certification) under regulation 19(6);
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“CAB (Certification — MRA)” means a person designated by a country other than Singapore to carry out any certification of any product for the purposes of an MRA to which both Singapore and that country are parties;
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“CAB (Testing)” means a person designated as such by the Designating Authority under regulation 7 and includes a person deemed to be a CAB (Testing) under regulation 19(8);
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“CAB (Testing — MRA)” means a person designated by a country other than Singapore to carry out any testing of any product for the purposes of an MRA to which both Singapore and that country are parties;
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“certificate of conformity” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Consumer Protection (Safety Requirements) Regulations (Rg 1);
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“competent authority”, in relation to any country other than Singapore, means an authority whose functions under the law of that country include regulating the supply of safe consumer goods;
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“consumer goods” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Competition Act 2004;
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“country” includes a customs territory;
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“Designating Authority” means the Safety Authority as defined in section 2(1) of the Act;
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“Foreign Recognition Body” means an entity in a country other than Singapore that is authorised under any of the following agreements or arrangements to recognise CABs, testing laboratories or both, on behalf of that country:
the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Agreement; (b)the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Agreement;
an MRA to which both Singapore and that country are parties;
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“IEC” means the International Electrotechnical Commission;
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“IECEE” means the International Electrotechnical Commission system for conformity testing and certification of Electrical Equipment;
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“IECEE CB Scheme” means the scheme known as the International Electrotechnical Commission System of Conformity Assessment Schemes for Electrotechnical Equipment and Components Certification Bodies Scheme, administered by the IEC;
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“ISO” means the International Organization for Standardization;
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“MRA” or “mutual recognition agreement” means —
a bilateral mutual recognition agreement or arrangement between Singapore and any other country; or
a multilateral mutual recognition agreement or arrangement between Singapore and 2 or more other countries,that provides for (but is not limited to) the mutual recognition of standards, safety requirements and conformity assessment, testing or certification, of consumer goods, and the persons who carry out such conformity assessment, testing or certification.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of these Regulations, the definition of “MRA” or “mutual recognition agreement” in paragraph (1) includes —
a bilateral mutual recognition agreement or arrangement between the Safety Authority and a competent authority of a country other than Singapore; and (b)a multilateral mutual recognition agreement or arrangement between the Safety Authority and 2 or more competent authorities of countries other than Singapore, and a reference in these Regulations to Singapore and a country other than Singapore in relation to an MRA mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) or (b) is to be construed as a reference to the Safety Authority and the competent authority of the country other than Singapore, respectively.