Energy Market Authority of Singapore Act 2001

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

ACTS SUPPLEMENT

Published by Authority

NO. 13]

Friday, March 30

[2001

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 16th March 2001 and assented to by the President on 26th March 2001:—

Energy Market Authority of Singapore Act 2001

(No. 9 of 2001)

I assent.

S R NATHAN,

President.

26th March 2001.

Date of Commencement: 1st April 2001

An Act to establish and incorporate the Energy Market Authority of Singapore, to provide for its functions and powers, and for matters connected therewith.

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Energy Market Authority of Singapore Act 2001 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Act;

“Authority” means the Energy Market Authority of Singapore established under section 3;

“Board” means the Public Utilities Board continued under section 3 of the Public Utilities Act 2001;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Authority and includes any temporary Chairman of the Authority;

“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Authority and includes any temporary Chief Executive of the Authority;

“Deputy Chairman” means the Deputy Chairman of the Authority and includes any temporary Deputy Chairman of the Authority;

“district cooling service” has the same meaning as in the District Cooling Act 2001;

“electricity” means electrical power when generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose but excludes the transmission of any communication or signal;

“energy utilities” includes electricity, gas and district cooling services;

“gas” means natural gas and town gas, but excludes liquefied petroleum gas;

“natural gas” means mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons which is conveyed by gas pipes and is composed —

(a)	predominantly of methane; and
(b)	as to the remainder, of varying amounts of other hydrocarbons and other combustible and non-combustible gases;

“member” means any member of the Authority;

“premises” includes buildings, structures, streets, lands, waters, tenements, easements of any tenure, whether State land or not, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority;

“Regulation Department” means the department of the Board by that name;

“supply” —

(a)

in relation to electricity, means the supply of electricity through electric lines, and includes —

(i)	the supply to any person or premises in Singapore of electricity which is generated outside Singapore; and
(ii)	the supply to any person or premises outside Singapore of electricity which is generated in Singapore; and

(b)

in relation to gas, means the supply of gas through pipes;

“town gas” means any substance in a gaseous state, which is conveyed in gas pipes and is manufactured from petrochemical feedstock, and has hydrogen as one of its main constituents.

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