Regulation 4

carries on —

in the case of an application for designation as a CAB (Certification), a business of conformity assessment in Singapore or in a country specified in the First Schedule; and

in the case of an application for designation as a CAB (Testing), a business of testing of products relating to conformity assessment in Singapore or in a country other than Singapore;

has sufficient capital and financial resources to maintain viable operations as a CAB;

is accredited for compliance with an ISO or IEC standard relevant to the designation applied for by an accreditation body that is —

a party to one or more of the following arrangements:

the International Accreditation Forum Multilateral Recognition Arrangement;

the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation Multilateral Recognition Arrangement; (C)the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Arrangement; or

a member of the IECEE CB Scheme, if the designation applied for is in respect of an electrical or electronic product;

has the knowledge, capability, competence and equipment to perform the certification or testing for conformity to the requirements relevant to the designation applied for;

does not carry on or otherwise have any interest in any business which may cause the applicant to certify or test any product in respect of which the application is made in an unfair or a biased manner; and

in the case of —

an application for designation as a CAB (Certification) to carry out certification of any product to be supplied in a country other than Singapore; or

an application for designation as a CAB (Testing) to carry out testing of any product to be supplied in a country other than Singapore,also satisfies all the criteria required for the designation applied for under the relevant MRA to which both Singapore and that country are parties.