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Regulation 7

of Environmental Public Health (Registrable Aerosol-generating Systems) Regulations 2021

Regulation 7

Quality of water in registered aerosol‑generating system

Amended byS 750/2024 wef 01/10/2024

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 750/2024 wef 01/10/2024

A registered owner or occupier for a registered aerosol‑generating system must —

(a)

obtain a sample of the water in the registered aerosol‑generating system and have the sample tested for conformity to each parameter limit specified in the Second Schedule (not less frequently than the minimum testing frequency for that parameter limit or at such other intervals as the Director‑General may require), in —

(i)

a testing laboratory accredited by the Singapore Accreditation Council to conduct the test; or

(ii)

any other place allowed by the Director‑General; and

(b)

if the Second Schedule requires the results of the test undertaken under sub-paragraph (a) for any parameter to be submitted to the Director-General — submit a copy of the results in the manner and within the time required by the Director-General.

Subregulation 2

A registered owner or occupier for a registered aerosol‑generating system must not use or operate, or allow the use or operation of, the registered aerosol‑generating system, unless the water in the registered aerosol‑generating system conforms to every parameter limit specified in the Second Schedule.

Subregulation 3

A person that contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)

for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $5,000; and

(b)

for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

Subregulation 4

In this regulation, “minimum testing frequency”, in relation to a parameter limit specified in the second column of the Second Schedule, means the minimum testing frequency specified for that parameter limit in the third column of that Schedule.