Resource Sustainability Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Electrical and Electronic Waste
7. Interpretation of this Part
Feedback & supportIn this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —
“e-waste” means any regulated product that is intended for disposal and not for re‑use;
waste
“waste” includes any discarded, rejected, unwanted, surplus or abandoned substance, and a substance is not precluded from being waste for the purposes of this Act merely because it is or may be processed, recycled or recovered.
“registered” means registered under section 9(2);
“regulated consumer product” means any regulated product prescribed as such under section 12(2);
consumer
“consumer”, in relation to any regulated goods or regulated product, means an individual who purchases or intends to purchase the regulated goods or regulated product for household use or private consumption;
“regulated non-consumer product” means any regulated product that is not a regulated consumer product;
“regulated product” means any class or type of electrical or electronic product prescribed as such under section 6;
“supply”, in relation to any regulated product, includes —
the supply of the regulated product by way of sale (including by barter or exchange) or hire‑purchase;
the supply of the regulated product by retail or by wholesale;
the supply of the regulated product in connection with any agreement; and
the offer to supply the regulated product or exposure of the regulated product for supply.
Subject to subsection (3), a person is the producer of a regulated product if the person —
carries on a business of supplying the regulated product in Singapore; and
in furtherance of that business —
imports the regulated product into Singapore;
manufactures the regulated product in Singapore; or
engages another person to manufacture the regulated product in Singapore or otherwise causes such manufacture.
A manufacturer of a regulated product is not the producer of the regulated product if the manufacturer manufactures the regulated product for or on behalf of a Singapore‑connected person.
Singapore-connected person
“Singapore-connected person” means any person who is —(a)a citizen or a permanent resident of Singapore;(b)a company or other body corporate incorporated in, or having its central management and control in, Singapore; or(c)an unincorporated body established in Singapore;