Singapore legislation

Regulation 7

of Energy Conservation (Regulated Goods and Registered Suppliers) Regulations 2017

Regulation 7

How Energy Label is to be affixed or displayed

Amended byS 730/2019 wef 01/11/2019S 730/2019 wef 01/11/2019

Subregulation 1

Regulated goods subject to regulation 6 must have affixed to each of them an Energy Label that satisfies the following requirements:

(a)

the Energy Label is not damaged, defaced or obliterated so as to prevent any information on the Energy Label from being read;

(b)

the Energy Label is affixed in a conspicuous and unobstructed position on the regulated goods, or in a manner permitted or directed by the Director‑General under paragraph (2).

Subregulation 2

Where the Director‑General is of the opinion that any regulated goods subject to regulation 6 —

(a)

are of such a nature as to prevent such goods from being affixed with the Energy Label in the manner specified in paragraph (1); or

(b)

are to be supplied in circumstances which do not require the Energy Label to be displayed to an intending purchaser or user,the Director‑General may, subject to such terms and conditions as the Director‑General may impose, permit the Energy Label to be affixed —

(i)

to anything in or on the regulated goods or with which the regulated goods are supplied; or

(ii)

in such other manner as the Director‑General may direct so as to be easily read by an intending purchaser or user.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 730/2019 wef 01/11/2019S 730/2019 wef 01/11/2019

Any person advertising any regulated goods subject to regulation 6 in an advertisement that has any visual element must ensure that —

(a)

an Energy Label is, as far as practicable, displayed in the advertisement next to the image or description of the regulated goods; or

(b)

where it is not practicable to comply with sub-paragraph (a), the tick rating for the regulated goods is prominently stated in the advertisement.