National Environment Agency (Assignment of Functions) (No. 2) Notification 2023

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 07 Nov 2023

No. S 717

National Environment Agency Act 2002

National Environment Agency
(Assignment of Functions) (No. 2)
Notification 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11(2) of the National Environment Agency Act 2002, the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1. This Notification is the National Environment Agency (Assignment of Functions) (No. 2) Notification 2023 and comes into operation on 8 November 2023.

Definitions

2. In this Notification —

“carbon credit” means a certificate representing an amount of greenhouse gas emissions reduction or removal, generated from any project or programme outside Singapore;

“greenhouse gas” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Carbon Pricing Act 2018.

Additional functions

3. The Minister for Sustainability and the Environment assigns to the National Environment Agency the following functions in relation to any international agreement to which Singapore is a party, that was entered into pursuant to or for the purposes of implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement adopted on 12 December 2015 (called in this Notification the Paris Agreement):

(a)	to assess on behalf of the Government the capability of any carbon credit, or any project or programme generating greenhouse gas emissions reductions or removals, in meeting Singapore’s requirements as specified in such international agreement, insofar as the requirements relate to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement;
(b)	to issue any letter or other document communicating the outcome of the Government’s assessment whether a carbon credit, or a project or programme generating greenhouse gas emissions reductions or removals, meets Singapore’s requirements as specified in such international agreement (whether or not the requirements relate to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement).

Made on 2 November 2023.

STANLEY LOH KA LEUNG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Sustainability and
the Environment,
Singapore.

[MSE S037/37/128 Vol. 7; AG/LEGIS/SL/195/2020/4 Vol. 1]

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