(1) A person shall not on or after 1 January 2002 import any equipment requiring a supply of ozone depleting substances prescribed in Regulations for its continued operation except if the equipment is to be used for approved medical purposes.
(2) The Comptroller shall detain equipment which is imported contrary to subsection (1) and shall, in the prescribed form, order the person who imported that equipment to have the equipment retrofitted by a licensed retrofitter, at the expense of the person who imported it.
(3) A person shall comply with an order made under subsection (2) within 28 days of the making of the order by the Comptroller.
(4) Section 3J applies to equipment imported contrary to subsection (1) where the person importing the equipment fails to comply with subsections (2) and (3).
(5) The retrofitting of equipment under subsection (2) shall take place in the premises approved by the Comptroller for that purpose.
(6) A licensed retrofitter who retrofits equipment under this section shall label the equipment in accordance with standards set out in section 3G and shall attach his or her licence number, name and signature to the label.
(Inserted by Act 10 of 2011)