Electric Vehicles Charging (Specified Autonomous Motor Vehicles — Exemption) Order 2024

No. S 755

Electric Vehicles Charging Act 2022

Electric Vehicles Charging
(Specified Autonomous Motor Vehicles —
Exemption) Order 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 92 of the Electric Vehicles Charging Act 2022, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order is the Electric Vehicles Charging (Specified Autonomous Motor Vehicles — Exemption) Order 2024 and comes into operation on 1 October 2024.

Definitions

2.—(1)  In this Order —

“approved special use”, “approved trial” and “specified person” have the meanings given by rule 2 of the AV Rules;

“authorise”, in relation to any specified AMV or any specified premises, has the meaning given by rule 2 of the AV Rules;

“authorised personnel”, in relation to P, means any employee, officer or agent of P who —

(a) is authorised to act on behalf of P; and

(b) is also a participant in the approved special use or approved trial;

“autonomous motor vehicle” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961;

“AV Rules” means the Road Traffic (Autonomous Motor Vehicles) Rules 2017 (G.N. No. S 464/2017);

“development” has the meaning given by section 60 of the Act;

“P” means a specified person;

“parking place” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Parking Places Act 1974;

“specified AMV” means any autonomous motor vehicle used, or to be used, by P to carry out the approved special use or undertake the approved trial for the period of P’s authorisation;

“specified premises” means any of the following:

(a) any premises owned or occupied by P;

(b) any parking place of a development, where P owns or occupies any part of the development;

(c) the geographical area stated in any conditions of P’s authorisation where the approved special use may be carried out or the approved trial may be undertaken.

(2)  For the purposes of this Order, a reference to a vehicle connector of an EV charger includes a reference to the vehicle connector, where an adaptor approved by the manufacturer of the EV charger is fitted to it.

Exemption for supplying EV charger to charge specified AMV

3.  Section 6 of the Act does not apply to a person (A) who supplies in Singapore an EV charger to P (whether in or outside Singapore), if —

(a) A obtains, before the supply, a written undertaking from P that the EV charger is solely for use by P or P’s authorised personnel to charge any specified AMV; and

(b) the vehicle connector of the EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV.

Exemption for alteration, etc., of EV charger to charge specified AMV

4.—(1)  Section 11 of the Act does not apply to P or P’s authorised personnel who alters or modifies, or allows to be altered or modified, an EV charger, if —

(a) the EV charger is solely for use by P or P’s authorised personnel to charge any specified AMV;

(b) the vehicle connector of the altered or modified EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV; and

(c) in a case of a fixed EV charger — the EV charger is installed within any specified premises.

(2)  Where P engages another person (A) to alter or modify the EV charger, section 11 of the Act does not apply to A if —

(a) A obtains, before the alteration or modification, a written undertaking from P that the EV charger is solely for use by P or P’s authorised personnel to charge any specified AMV;

(b) the vehicle connector of the altered or modified EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV; and

(c) in a case of a fixed EV charger — the EV charger is installed within any specified premises.

Exemption for certification of EV charger for charging specified AMV

5.—(1)  Section 23(1), (4) and (6) of the Act does not apply to P or P’s authorised personnel who certifies an EV charger as being fit for charging any electric vehicle in Singapore, if —

(a) the EV charger is solely for use by P or P’s authorised personnel to charge any specified AMV;

(b) the vehicle connector of the EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV;

(c) in a case of a fixed EV charger — the EV charger is installed within any specified premises; and

(d) P has put in place measures to ensure that the EV charger can only be used by P or P’s authorised personnel.

(2)  Section 23(2) of the Act does not apply to P or P’s authorised personnel who causes an individual to certify an EV charger as being fit for charging any electric vehicle in Singapore, if —

(a) the EV charger is solely for use by P or P’s authorised personnel to charge any specified AMV;

(b) the vehicle connector of the EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV;

(c) in a case of a fixed EV charger — the EV charger is installed within any specified premises; and

(d) P has put in place measures to ensure that the EV charger can only be used by P or P’s authorised personnel.

(3)  Where P engages another person (A) to cause an individual to certify an EV charger as being fit for charging any electric vehicle in Singapore, section 23(2) of the Act does not apply to A if —

(a) A obtains, before the certification, a written undertaking from P that the EV charger is solely for use by P or P’s authorised personnel to charge any specified AMV;

(b) the vehicle connector of the EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV;

(c) in a case of a fixed EV charger — the EV charger is installed within any specified premises; and

(d) P has put in place measures to ensure that the EV charger can only be used by P or P’s authorised personnel.

(4)  Section 23(1), (4) and (6) of the Act does not apply to an individual who is engaged by P or A to certify an EV charger as being fit for charging any electric vehicle in Singapore, if —

(a) the individual obtains, before the certification, a written undertaking from P or A (as the case may be) that the EV charger is solely for use by P or P’s authorised personnel to charge any specified AMV;

(b) the vehicle connector of the EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV;

(c) in a case of a fixed EV charger — the EV charger is installed within any specified premises; and

(d) P has put in place measures to ensure that the EV charger can only be used by P or P’s authorised personnel.

Exemption for installation of fixed EV charger for charging specified AMV

6.—(1)  Section 24(1) of the Act does not apply to P or P’s authorised personnel who installs, or who causes to be installed, a fixed EV charger in any place in Singapore, if —

(a) the EV charger is solely for use by P or P’s authorised personnel to charge any specified AMV;

(b) the vehicle connector of the EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV;

(c) the EV charger is installed within any specified premises; and

(d) P has put in place measures to ensure that the EV charger can only be used by P or P’s authorised personnel.

(2)  Where P engages another person (A) to cause to be installed a fixed EV charger in any place in Singapore, section 24(1) of the Act does not apply to A if —

(a) A obtains, before the installation, a written undertaking from P that the EV charger is solely for use by P or P’s authorised personnel to charge any specified AMV;

(b) the vehicle connector of the EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV;

(c) the EV charger is installed within any specified premises; and

(d) P has put in place measures to ensure that the EV charger can only be used by P or P’s authorised personnel.

(3)  Section 24(1) of the Act does not apply to a person who is engaged by P or A to install a fixed EV charger in any place in Singapore, if —

(a) the person obtains, before the installation, a written undertaking from P or A (as the case may be) that the EV charger is solely for use by P or P’s authorised personnel to charge any specified AMV;

(b) the vehicle connector of the EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV;

(c) the EV charger is installed within any specified premises; and

(d) P has put in place measures to ensure that the EV charger can only be used by P or P’s authorised personnel.

Exemption from periodic inspection and keeping of records of EV charger for charging specified AMV

7.  Sections 25(1) and 26(1) of the Act do not apply to P who is the registered responsible person for an EV charger, if —

(a) the EV charger is solely for use by P or P’s authorised personnel to charge any specified AMV;

(b) the vehicle connector of the EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV;

(c) in a case of a fixed EV charger — the EV charger is installed within any specified premises; and

(d) P has put in place measures to ensure that the EV charger can only be used by P or P’s authorised personnel.

Exemption from offence of improper use of EV charger for charging specified AMV

8.  Section 29(1) of the Act does not apply to P or P’s authorised personnel who uses an EV charger, if —

(a) P or P’s authorised personnel uses the EV charger solely to charge any specified AMV within any specified premises; and

(b) the vehicle connector of the EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV.

Exemption from offence of improper charging using EV charger for charging specified AMV

9.  Section 30(1) and (2) of the Act does not apply to P or P’s authorised personnel who uses an EV charger, if —

(a) P or P’s authorised personnel uses the EV charger solely to charge any specified AMV within any specified premises; and

(b) the vehicle connector of the EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV.

Exemption for undertaking regulated activity using EV charger for charging specified AMV

10.  P is exempt from section 41 of the Act in respect of any regulated activity undertaken using an EV charger, if —

(a) the EV charger is used solely by P or P’s authorised personnel to charge any specified AMV within any specified premises; and

(b) the vehicle connector of the EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV.

Exemption from duties of prescribed person for installation of fixed EV charger for charging specified AMV

11.—(1)  Regulation 19 of the Electric Vehicles Charging (Electric Vehicle Chargers) Regulations 2023 (G.N. No. S 786/2023) (called in this paragraph the principal Regulations) does not apply to P or P’s authorised personnel who is a prescribed person undertaking any work of installing a fixed EV charger in Singapore or supervising any individual carrying out that work, if —

(a) the EV charger is solely for use by P or P’s authorised personnel to charge any specified AMV;

(b) the vehicle connector of the EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV;

(c) the EV charger is installed within any specified premises; and

(d) P has put in place measures to ensure that the EV charger can only be used by P or P’s authorised personnel.

(2)  Where a prescribed person is engaged by P or A (as described in paragraph 6(2)) to undertake any work of installing a fixed EV charger in Singapore or to supervise any individual carrying out that work, regulation 19 of the principal Regulations does not apply to the prescribed person if —

(a) the prescribed person obtains, before the installation, a written undertaking from P or A (as the case may be) that the EV charger is solely for use by P or P’s authorised personnel to charge any specified AMV;

(b) the vehicle connector of the EV charger is compatible with the electric vehicle inlet of the specified AMV;

(c) the EV charger is installed within any specified premises; and

(d) P has put in place measures to ensure that the EV charger can only be used by P or P’s authorised personnel.

(3)  In this paragraph, “prescribed person” means an individual prescribed under regulation 18 of the principal Regulations.

Made on 27 September 2024.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.271.0.015.0.1; AG/LEGIS/SL/89B/2020/10]

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