Electric Vehicles Charging (Electric Vehicle Chargers) Regulations 2023

No. S 786

Electric Vehicles Charging Act 2022

Electric Vehicles Charging
(Electric Vehicle Chargers)
Regulations 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 94 of the Electric Vehicles Charging Act 2022, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Electric Vehicles Charging (Electric Vehicle Chargers) Regulations 2023 and come into operation on 8 December 2023.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations —

“accredited certification body” means a person providing conformity assessment services, that is —

(a)	accredited under the Singapore Accreditation Council’s Certification Body Accreditation Scheme administered by the Enterprise Singapore Board; or
(b)	recognised by a Foreign Recognition Body;

“accredited laboratory” means a person providing laboratory testing services, that is —

(a)	accredited under the Singapore Accreditation Council’s Laboratory Accreditation Scheme administered by the Enterprise Singapore Board; or
(b)	recognised by a Foreign Recognition Body;

“conformity assessment body” means a person that performs conformity assessment or any test relating to conformity assessment;

“Enterprise Singapore Board” means the Enterprise Singapore Board established by section 3 of the Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018;

“Foreign Recognition Body” means an entity in a country other than Singapore that is authorised under any of the following agreements or arrangements to recognise conformity assessment bodies, testing laboratories or both, on behalf of that country:

(a)	the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Agreement;
(b)	the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Agreement;
(c)	a mutual recognition agreement;

“landed dwelling‑house” means any of the following types of houses used wholly or mainly for the purpose of human habitation:

(a)	bungalow;
(b)	detached house;
(c)	semi‑detached house;
(d)	terrace house,

that is not comprised within a strata title plan registered under the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;

“licensed electrical worker” means an individual who is the holder of an electrical worker licence issued under the Electricity (Electrical Workers) Regulations (Rg 1), that is valid and in force;

“LTA C&F List” means the document known as “LTA’s list of certificates and forms for certification, installation and inspection of EV chargers” published by the LTA, as in force from time to time;

“mutual recognition agreement” means —

(a)	a bilateral mutual recognition agreement or arrangement between Singapore and any other country; or
(b)	a multilateral mutual recognition agreement or arrangement between Singapore and 2 or more other countries;

“non‑restricted access location” means any place that is not a restricted access location;

“non‑restricted access use”, in relation to an EV charger, means the use of an EV charger at a non‑restricted access location;

“prescribed competent person” means an individual prescribed under regulation 20;

“prescribed person” means an individual prescribed under regulation 18;

“restricted access location” means any parking space or location for parking that is within any landed dwelling‑house;

“restricted access use”, in relation to an EV charger, means the use of an EV charger to charge any electric vehicle in Singapore parked within a restricted access location;

“TR25”, “TR25:2016”, “TR25:2016+A1:2020” and “TR25:2022” have the meanings given by regulation 3.

Applicable Technical Reference for EV charger

3.—(1) During the period from 8 December 2023 to 7 June 2024 (both dates inclusive), a reference to “TR25” in these Regulations is a reference to any of the following:

(a)	the version of Technical Reference 25 for Electric Vehicles Charging System published by the Enterprise Singapore Board on 16 August 2016 (called TR25:2016);
(b)	the version of Technical Reference 25 for Electric Vehicles Charging System published by the Enterprise Singapore Board on 27 July 2020 (called TR25:2016+A1:2020);
(c)	the version of Technical Reference 25 for Electric Vehicles Charging System published by the Enterprise Singapore Board on 28 February 2022 (called TR25:2022).

(2) Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations, a reference to “TR25” in these Regulations is only a reference to TR25:2022 for the period on or after 8 June 2024.

Made on 6 December 2023.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

Chairperson,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/L18.027.001/EVCAREG/23.02; AG/LEGIS/SL/89B/2020/3 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 96 of the Electric Vehicles Charging Act 2022).

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