Fire Safety (Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations — Exemption) Order 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 18 May 2022

No. S 386

Fire Safety Act 1993

Fire Safety
(Installation of Electric Vehicle
Charging Stations — Exemption)
Order 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 103 of the Fire Safety Act 1993, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Fire Safety (Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations — Exemption) Order 2022 and comes into operation on 19 May 2022.

Exemption

2.—(1) Sections 55, 56 and 60 of the Act and regulation 17 of the Fire Safety (Building and Pipeline Fire Safety) Regulations (Rg 1) do not apply in relation to the installation of any electric vehicle charging station that is outside of a petrol station.

(2) In this paragraph —

“electric vehicle” means 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,

such as an electric car, an electric bus or a high‑powered electric motorcycle;

“electric vehicle charging station” means any equipment that is an electrical installation for charging electric vehicles;

“electrical installation” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Electricity Act 2001.

Made on 13 May 2022.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[112/2/030; AG/LEGIS/SL/109A/2020/3 Vol. 1]

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