Gas (LNG Importer’s Licence — Exemption) Order 2021

No. S 84

Gas Act

(CHAPTER 116A)

Gas
(LNG Importer’s Licence — Exemption)
Order 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 8 of the Gas Act, the Energy Market Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Trade and Industry, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order is the Gas (LNG Importer’s Licence — Exemption) Order 2021 and comes into operation on 8 February 2021.

Definitions

2.  In this Order —

“associated gas‑up and cool down” means the purging of any inert gas, and cooling to cryogenic temperatures, of the LNG fuel storage system of any LNG‑powered ship prior to LNG bunkering;

“LNG bunkering” means the supply of LNG, to any LNG‑powered ship within a port, as a fuel used for the operation or propulsion of the ship;

“port” means any place in Singapore and any navigable river or channel leading into such place declared to be a port under section 3 of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 170A).

Exemption from section 6(1)( h ) of Act

3.  Section 6(1)(h) of the Act does not apply to any person who imports LNG that —

(a) is not conveyed and is not intended to be conveyed into the gas supply system; and

(b) is used only for LNG bunkering or the provision of associated gas‑up and cool down services.

Made on 22 January 2021.

RICHARD LIM CHERNG YIH

Chairman,
Energy Market Authority of Singapore.

[ERMS-180730257-901279; AG/LEGIS/SL/116A/2020/1 Vol. 1]