“Accredited certification body” (CB) refers to a body corporate or corporation incorporated or constituted under the law of Singapore, accredited under the Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC)’s certification body accreditation scheme administered by the Enterprise Singapore Board.

“Accredited laboratory” refers to a body corporate or corporation providing laboratory testing services, which is accredited under SAC’s laboratory accreditation scheme administered by the Enterprise Singapore Board, or recognised under the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Mutual Recognition Agreement/Arrangement between Singapore and other countries.

“Certificate of Conformity” refers to a certificate issued by CBs for a regulated shelter product that meets product testing standards and certification requirements. These certified products shall be recorded in a product directory on the CB’s website for reference and verification of the CoCs’ validity.

“Local representative” refers to the Singapore-registered agent/partner appointed by a foreign CoC holder, in order for its certified regulated shelter products to be supplied in Singapore.

“Mutual Recognition Arrangement” or “Mutual Recognition Agreement” refers to the arrangements signed between SAC and other international assessment bodies, which mutually recognise reports and certificates issued by an accredited Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) as equivalent to their own accreditation requirements.

“Product listing scheme” refers to the third-party certification scheme administered by SCDF for regulated shelter products.

“Scheme Type 5” consists of type testing and factory inspection during initial certification, and ongoing assessment of the entire quality management system, including auditing the production process and management system. Surveillance testing of the product is done either from the market or at the point of production, or both, to check that items produced fulfil the specified requirements.

“Serial label” refers to a certification label issued by CBs, with unique serial numbers. These are affixed to certified regulated shelter products, such as SS doors (refer to Table 8.1). Such labels allow tracing of these products to their corresponding CoC and the specific installation location of each product.

"Surveillance window”, also known as “ surveillance cycle”, refers to the period of 12 or 36 months (as stipulated in Table 8.1), starting from the date that a CoC is issued in relation to a regulated shelter product, and every subsequent period of 12 or 36 months or shorter, if the CoC expires, or is terminated or withdrawn. Products may be subjected to post -certification testing and/or inspection, based on the surveillance window.

“Suspension of CoC” refers to the temporary invalidation of a CoC by a CB under circumstances not limited to the following:

a. Non-compliance to any component of the surveillance regime.

b. Products are suspected to not meet shelter requirements but are still in the process of being tested/investigated.

c. CoC holder breaching the CB’s terms and conditions (including non - payment of fees).

“Termination of CoC” refers to the cancellation of a CoC, either on the request of the CoC holder before its expiry, or due to reasons not related to shelter requirements. Examples of such circumstances include:

a. CoC holder ceases to supply the product due to business considerations (e.g. shutting down of business, liquidation).

b. CoC holder fails to take adequate rectification measures within the given timeframe, despite being suspended for a breach in the CB’s terms and conditions (including non-payment of fees).

“Type testing”, also known as prototype testing, refers to testing of a product according to the test standard(s) and specification(s) for that product for the application of CoC, as specified in Table 8.2.

“Withdrawal of CoC” refers to the cancellation of a CoC by the CB under circumstances not limited to the following:

a. Non-compliance with the requirements of the Product Listing Scheme, including:

i. Regulated shelter product that is supplied to the industry differs from the prototype described in the CoC and laboratory test report.

ii. Misuse of certification mark, logo and certificates.

iii. Supply of products from a factory which differs from the factory declared during the CoC application.

b. Failure to take adequate rectification measures within the given timeframe, despite being suspended for a shelter-related non- compliance./p>

c. Non-compliance that failure production process to consistently produce products of acceptable quality, including:

i. Failure or refusal of test/analysis of the product.

ii. The surveillance regime is not completed within the surveillance window.

d. Other reasons related to shelter requirements.