No. S 605
Public Utilities Act
(CHAPTER 261)
Public Utilities (Electricity) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2002
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 130 of the Public Utilities Act (1996 Ed.) read with section 73(5) of the Public Utilities Act (2002 Ed.), the Energy Market Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Trade and Industry, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Public Utilities (Electricity) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2002.
Amendment of regulation 2
2.  Regulation 2 of the Public Utilities (Electricity) Regulations (Rg 2) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “appliance”, the following definition:
“ “Authority” means the Energy Market Authority of Singapore established under the Energy Market Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 92B);”; and
(b)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “earthed”, the following definition:
“ “electrical worker” means an electrical worker who is licensed as such by the Authority under section 82 of the Electricity Act (Cap. 89A);”.
Amendment of regulation 15
3.  Regulation 15 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the definition of “authorised high voltage switching engineer” and substituting the following definition:
“ “authorised high voltage switching engineer” has the same meaning as in the Electricity (Electrical Workers) Regulations 2002 (G.N. No. S 602/2002);”.
Miscellaneous amendments
4.  The principal Regulations are amended by deleting the word “Board” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “Authority”:
Regulations 4(1) (last line), (2) (last line) and (3) (last line), 6(3)(b), 7 (1st and last lines) and regulation heading, 12(1)(d), 14(2) (1st and 3rd lines) and (3), 15 (7th line of definition of “permit-to-work”), 17(1)(b) and 19(2).
[G.N. No. S 24/2002]
Made this 28th day of November 2002.
CHIANG CHIE FOO
Chairman,
Energy Market Authority of
Singapore.
[CS/00301/11; AG/LEG/SL/261/2002/1 Vol. 2]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 130(4) of the Public Utilities Act (1996 Ed.)).