s 40E Registration of suppliers and regulated goods
40E.—(1) Any importer or manufacturer that wishes to be registered as a registered supplier for the purposes of section 40C must apply to the Director-General under subsection (4) to be registered as such. (2) Any importer or manufacturer that wishes to register any regulated goods for the purposes of section 40D(1) (read with section 40D(4)(a)) must apply to the Director‑General under subsection (4) for such registration. (3) For the purpose of subsection (2) —(a) an importer or a manufacturer that intends to import into Singapore for its own use, or for supply in Singapore, any GHG goods that are regulated goods required to be registered under section 40D, must register such regulated goods even if another importer or manufacturer has already registered such regulated goods; and (b) if the firstmentioned importer or manufacturer in paragraph (a) fails to so register such regulated goods, then the regulated goods are not regarded as registered in relation to the firstmentioned importer or manufacturer, despite the registration by the second-mentioned importer or manufacturer. (4) Every application under this section must —(a) be made in the form and manner that the Director‑General requires; and (b) be accompanied by —(i) the prescribed fee, if any; and (ii) any documents and information that the Director‑General requires to decide on the application. (5) The Director-General may register, subject to any conditions that the Director-General thinks fit to impose, or refuse to register —(a) any applicant as a registered supplier; or (b) any class, description or type of regulated goods that the applicant intends to supply in Singapore or import into Singapore for the applicant’s own use. (6) The Director-General may, at any time, impose any condition, or modify or revoke any condition imposed, on a registration. (7) The Director-General must, before imposing or modifying any condition under subsection (6), give written notice to the holder of the registration —(a) stating the proposed condition or modification, as the case may be; and (b) specifying the time within which the holder of the registration may make written representations to the Director‑General with respect to the proposed condition or modification. (8) Where the holder of the registration makes any written representations under subsection (7)(b), the Director‑General must consider the written representations and the Director‑General’s decision must be given to the holder of the registration in writing. (9) The registration of any registered supplier or any class, description or type of regulated goods is not transferable without the Director-General’s written approval.[Act 24 of 2021 wef 01/10/2022]