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Land Transport Authority of Singapore
(Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 9/2021

Read the first time on 5 April 2021.

An Act to amend the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act to promote the use of electric vehicles and to make a related amendment to the Electricity Act.

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

Short title and commencement

1. This Act is the Land Transport Authority of Singapore (Amendment) Act 2021 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette.

Amendment of section 6

2. Section 6 of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (i) of subsection (1), the following paragraphs:

“(ia)	to promote and regulate the safe use of electric vehicles in Singapore;
(ib)	to undertake or facilitate the development and maintenance in Singapore of accessible charging points in public and common areas and other ancillary facilities that allow for the safe transfer of electricity to an electric vehicle;
(ic)	to set standards for devices and equipment used in the charging of an electric vehicle in order to protect the public;
(id)	to cooperate and collaborate with the Energy Market Authority of Singapore in the discharge of its functions under the Electricity Act or other written law insofar as those functions relate to electrical installations for the charging of an electric vehicle;”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:

“(4) To avoid doubt, any reference in this section to an electric vehicle is a reference to a vehicle that is —

(a)	propelled wholly or partly by electricity (whether or not designed or adapted to be capable, in at least some circumstances or situations, of safely driving itself); and
(b)	equipped with an electric rechargeable energy storage system which can be recharged externally.”.

Related amendment to Electricity Act

3. Section 3(3) of the Electricity Act is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (f), the following paragraph:

“(fa)

to cooperate and collaborate with the Land Transport Authority of Singapore in the discharge of its functions under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act or other written law insofar as those functions relate to —

(i)	promoting and regulating the safe use of electric vehicle chargers in Singapore;
(ii)	setting of standards for devices and equipment that are electrical installations and used in the charging of an electric vehicle; and
(iii)	undertaking or facilitating the development and maintenance in Singapore of accessible charging points in public and common areas and other ancillary facilities that allow for the safe transfer of electricity to an electric vehicle;”.