§ 2 — General interpretation

2. In this Act —“acquire”, in relation to any thing, means —(a)

to buy (by wholesale or retail) the thing;

(b)

to accept or receive a supply of the thing; or

(c)

to accept or receive a transfer of ownership or possession (by gift, lending or supply) of the thing;

“advertisement” means any information or material that gives publicity or any announcement or notice that is —(a)

any writing;

(b)

any still or moving picture, sign, symbol or other visual image;

(c)

any audible message; or

(d)

any combination of 2 or more of those things in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c);

“approved person”, in relation to a homologated model, means a person given approval by the LTA under section 7(3) for that homologated model;

“arrangement” includes a contract, an agreement, an understanding or other arrangement of any kind, whether written or unwritten;

“authorised officer”, for any provision of this Act, means an individual who is appointed under section 89 as an authorised officer for the purposes of that provision;

“battery”, in relation to an electric vehicle, means a rechargeable energy storage system which can be recharged with electricity externally so as to derive power to propel an electric vehicle equipped with that rechargeable energy storage system;

“battery charge and swap station” or “BCSS” has the meaning given by section 4(4);

“business” includes any business, whether or not carried on for profit and whether or not its primary function is connected with an EV charging service;

“charge” means the transfer of electricity from a charging point or an EV charger to the battery of an electric vehicle;

“charging point” means —(a)

each electrical socket outlet that is part of a fixed EV charger from which electricity may be supplied during charging of a single electric vehicle;

(b)

each vehicle connector that is part of a fixed EV charger and is insertable into an electric vehicle inlet of a single electric vehicle so as to supply electricity during charging of that single electric vehicle; or

(c)

for a fixed EV charger which has both features in paragraphs (a) and (b), each combination of those features from which electricity may be supplied during charging of a single electric vehicle;

“charging station” means a place in Singapore with an electrical installation —(a)

to which a fixed EV charger is affixed; and

(b)

which provides one or more charging points,

and includes a battery charge and swap station;

“charging station operator” has the meaning given by section 4(1);

“electric vehicle” or “EV” means a motor vehicle that is —(a)

propelled wholly or partly by electricity, whether or not designed or adapted to be capable, in at least some circumstances or situations, of safely driving itself; and

(b)

equipped with a battery;

“electric vehicle charger” or “EV charger” means any device that is used to supply electricity to the battery of an electric vehicle for the purpose of charging the battery, including any wiring, fitting or apparatus (but not the isolator) connected to the device for that same purpose;

“electric vehicle charging service” or “EV charging service” has the meaning given by section 4(2);

“electrical installation” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Electricity Act 2001;

“fixed EV charger” means an EV charger that is, or is designed to be capable of being, affixed to any electrical installation, and includes the following:(a)

a high‑powered fixed EV charger;

(b)

a pantograph fixed EV charger;

“general public” means the general public in Singapore and includes a section of the general public in Singapore;

“homologated model”, for an EV charger, means a model of EV charger in respect of which the LTA grants a section 7(3) approval;

“licence” means a licence granted under Part 6 to undertake a regulated activity specified in the licence;

“licensee” means a person to whom a licence is granted;

“LTA” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore established under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;

“LTA’s website” means the Internet website of the address prescribed;

“motor vehicle” means a vehicle that —(a)

is propelled wholly or partly by a motor or by any means other than human or animal power; and

(b)

is used or intended to be used on any road;

“non‑fixed EV charger” means an EV charger that is not a fixed EV charger;

“offence under this Act” includes an offence under any Regulations;

“officer”, in relation to an applicant for a licence or a licensee, means —(a)

where the applicant or licensee is a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership) —(i)

an individual for the time being holding the office of chairperson, director, partner, chief executive officer, manager or company secretary (as the case may be) of the body corporate or any position analogous to any of those offices; or

(ii)

for a corporation whose affairs are managed by its members, any of those members as if the member were a director of the corporation;

(b)

where the applicant or licensee is a partnership (including a limited partnership), a partner of the partnership; or

(c)

where the applicant or licensee is an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), an individual for the time being holding the office of president, secretary or member (as the case may be) of a committee of the unincorporated association, or any position analogous to any of those offices,

and includes any person carrying out the duties of any such office referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) if the office is vacant;

“outsourced enforcement officer”, in relation to any provision of this Act or the Regulations, means an individual who —(a)

is appointed under section 11 of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;

(b)

is authorised by or under that Act to exercise any powers under any provision of this Act or the Regulations, as the case may be; and

(c)

is acting within that authorisation;

“place” means any of the following in Singapore:(a)

a building or structure (whether permanent or temporary);

(b)

an open space or open area (whether indoor or outdoor);

(c)

a motor vehicle,

and includes any part of a place, such as a room;

“public authority” means a body that is established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, but does not include any Town Council;

“publish” means to make available to the general public, in whatever form and by whatever means;

“register of registered‑for‑charging EV chargers” is the register of that name required to be kept and maintained under section 22;

“registered‑for‑charging EV charger” means an EV charger that is registered under section 19;

“registered responsible person”, in relation to a registered‑for‑charging EV charger, means a person issued with the registration mark of that EV charger under section 20 or the last person to whom the registration is transferred under section 27;

“regulated activity” means either or both of the following:(a)

providing electric vehicle charging services in Singapore;

(b)

engaging in conduct as a charging station operator;

“Regulations” means regulations made under section 94;

“repeat offender”, in relation to any offence under this Act, means a person who —(a)

is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and

(b)

has been convicted or found guilty of the same offence on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current offence;

“section 7(3) approval” means an approval given under section 7(3) in respect of a model of EV charger;

“specially authorised EV charger” means an EV charger that is the subject of rules made under Part 4;

“unregistered EV charger” means an EV charger that is not a registered‑for‑charging EV charger;

“vehicle” means any vehicle designed or adapted for use on a road but excludes any of the following within the meanings given by the Active Mobility Act 2017:(a)

a bicycle;

(b)

a mobility scooter;

(c)

a personal mobility device;

(d)

a wheelchair;

(e)

a wheeled toy.