Energy Efficiency (Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards and Energy Labelling) Regulations, 2023

These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Efficiency !Minimum Energy

Efficiency Standards and Energy Labelling} Regulations, 2023 and shall commence on the same date as the Energy Efficiency !Standards and Labelling}

Act !Chapter 233}.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

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"air-conditioner'' means a single-phase non-ducted room air-conditioner as specified in the Schedule to the Energy Efficiency !Standards and Labelling}

!Registrable Goods} Order, 2023;

"technical file", in relation to any registered goods, means the file on the registered goods kept and maintained under regulation 1 Ojl};

"test report", in relation to any registrable goods or registered goods, means-fa} the report of the test carried out for the registrable goods or registered goods, as the case may be, in accordance with the prevailing test standard or method specified in Schedule 3; and

{b) where there is more than one such test report in respect of the registrable goods or registered goods, as the case may be, the test report that is the most recent.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRABLE GOODS

For the purposes of section 6, the requirements that apply to registrable goods shall -

fa) be registered under regulation 4;

{b) comply with the minimum energy efficiency standards under regulation 5; and

{c) be labelled with an energy label in accordance with regulation 6.

An application to register any registrable goods, or to renew the registration of any registered goods, shall be -

On the registration of any registrable goods or the renewal of the registration of any registered goods, the Authority shall issue a certificate of registration to the registered supplier of those goods in such form and manner as the Authority may determine.

For the purposes of section 15(1), the minimum energy efficiency standards relating to any registered goods are specified in Schedule 4.

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(1 I Every energy label shall -

{a} be of the dimensions as shown in Schedule 1 or be proportionately larger;

{b) be of the shape, colour and contain text that is of the typeface Aria!

as shown in Schedule 1, legible and in the English language only;

{c) contain information that is consistent with or drawn from the relevant test report;

{d) be printed in an indelible manner and with a minimum resolution of 300 pixels per inch; and

{e) be made of such material as the Authority may approve.

(21 The number of stars and energy efficiency rating to be shown on the energy label are specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2.

Display and affixing of energy label 7.

(1 I Every registered supplier of any registrable goods shall affix an energy label in the manner specified in sub-regulation (21 in a manner or permitted or directed by the Authority under sub-regulation (31 -

{a} after the certificate of registration has been issued by the Authority in respect of such goods; and

before supplying such goods in Brunei Darussalam.

any registered goods are to be supplied in circumstances which do not require the energy label to be displayed to an intending purchaser or user,

to anything in or on the registered goods or with which the registered goods are supplied; or

Any person who contravenes this regulation is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.

An application to be registered as a registered supplier shall be-fa} made in such form and manner as the Authority may determine;

On the registration of any person as a registered supplier, the Authority shall issue an identification number to the registered supplier in such form and manner as the Authority may determine.

( 1) Where any registered goods are modified in any way by the manufacturer of those registered goods, the registered supplier shall -

fa} notify the Authority in writing of the modification to the registered goods;

{b) where the modification alters the energy efficiency of the registered goods, submit to the Authority a test report showing the energy 1892

efficiency of such goods, as modified, and such other information as the

Authority may require; and

update the technical file on the registered goods with details of the modification, including the test report referred to in paragraph (b), before the modified registered goods are supplied in Brunei Darussalam.

Any person who contravenes sub-regulation (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.

For the purposes of section 10, a registered supplier shall keep and maintain a technical file on each of the registered goods for the period of the registration of the registered goods.

The technical file shall include -