Fire Safety Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Regulated Fire Safety Products
67. False test reports for regulated fire safety products
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Any accredited laboratory that issues a false test report knowing that it is false shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
accredited laboratory
“accredited laboratory” means a person providing laboratory testing services that is —(a)accredited under the Singapore Accreditation Council’s Laboratory Accreditation Scheme administered by the Enterprise Singapore Board; (b)recognised under a bilateral mutual recognition agreement or arrangement between Singapore and any other country; or(c)recognised under a multilateral mutual recognition agreement or arrangement between Singapore and 2 or more other countries;
Any accredited laboratory that issues a false test report reckless or negligent as to whether it is false shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000.
If a person is guilty of an offence under subsection (2) with respect to a false test report for a regulated fire safety product and —
regulated fire safety product
“regulated fire safety product” means any material or product prescribed under section 113(1) to be such;
in reliance on the false test report, an accredited certification body —
issues a certificate of conformity for the regulated fire safety product; or (ii)determines that the requirements of a post‑certification test mentioned in section 69(3)(b) are satisfied in respect of the regulated fire safety product;
a fire occurs in a building in which that regulated fire safety product is installed;
the regulated fire safety product does not, during the fire, function or perform in a manner that complies with the applicable standard for the regulated fire safety product; and
damage, death or injury attributable to the fire occurs,then the person shall, instead of the punishment prescribed in subsection (2), be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
However, subsection (3) does not apply if it is proved, on a balance of probabilities, that the failure of the regulated fire safety product to function or perform did not cause or worsen any damage, death or injury attributable to the fire.
In this section, “false test report”, in relation to a regulated fire safety product, means a test report that —
states the result of a test of compliance with an applicable standard conducted on the regulated fire safety product; and
is false or misleading in any material particular.[32