Singapore legislation

Regulation 40AF

of Public Utilities (Water Supply) Regulations

Regulation 40AF

Withdrawal or revocation of registration

Amended byS 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018S 133/2017 wef 01/04/2017

Subregulation 1

The Board may withdraw the registration —

(a)

of any registered supplier where the registered supplier applies to the Board to withdraw the registered supplier’s registration as such; or

(b)

of any registered water fitting that a registered supplier ceases to supply in Singapore, where the registered supplier applies to the Board to withdraw such registration.

Subregulation 2

The Board may revoke the registration of any registered supplier after giving notice to the registered supplier and after such inquiry as the Board thinks fit if —

(a)

the registered supplier procured the registration by providing any particulars, information or document, or by making any statement or representation, to the Board which is false or misleading in any material particular;

(b)

the registered supplier has contravened regulation 40AA, 40AC or 40AD; or

(c)

the registered supplier has ceased to carry on the trade of business of supplying registered water fittings in Singapore.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018S 164/2018 wef 01/04/2018

The Board may revoke the registration of any registered water fitting after giving notice to the registered supplier supplying the registered water fitting and after such inquiry as the Board thinks fit, if the Board is satisfied that —

(a)

the registered water fitting does not conform with the results of any test or examination furnished by the registered supplier to the Board under this Division;

(b)

the registered water fitting does not meet the water efficiency requirements specified in Part 3 of the Second Schedule; (c)the registered supplier has procured the registration of the registered water fitting by providing any particulars, information or document, or by making any statement or representation, to the Board which is false or misleading in any material particular; or

(d)

the registered supplier has ceased to supply the registered water fitting.

Subregulation 4

The Board must, within 14 days after giving notice under paragraph (2) or (3), inform the registered supplier concerned in writing of the revocation in the notice and the grounds for the revocation.

Subregulation 5

Where the registration of any water fitting is withdrawn under paragraph (1) or revoked under paragraph (3), the registered supplier of the water fitting must, within 14 days after the registered supplier applies to withdraw the water fitting or the Board informs the registered supplier of the revocation under paragraph (4), as the case may be, give notice to every person whom the registered supplier knows, or reasonably ought to know, intends to supply that water fitting in Singapore, of the withdrawal or revocation of the registration.

Subregulation 6

Amended byS 133/2017 wef 01/04/2017

Any person that fails to comply with paragraph (5) shall be guilty of an offence.

Regulation 40AF — Public Utilities (Water Supply) Regulations