§ 28 — Rules for trials and special uses

28.—(1) For the purpose of enabling or facilitating the development and operation of innovative and accessible EV chargers and EV charging services which contribute to the mobility and safety of people in Singapore, and of improving the environmental performance of the road transport sector in Singapore, the Minister may make rules under this Part that allow —(a)

any trial of special types of EV chargers; or

(b)

any special use involving charging of electric vehicles using special types of EV chargers,

even though these EV chargers are neither of a homologated model nor a registered‑for‑charging EV charger.

(2) Rules made under this Part may, for a fixed period (not exceeding 5 years) specified in the rules or a specified area in Singapore or both, provide for the application of specified provisions of this Act or its subsidiary legislation affecting —(a)

the specified person authorised to undertake the trial or carry out the special use;

(b)

any other person or class of persons participating in the trial or carrying out the special use; or

(c)

any EV charger used in that trial or special use,

with prescribed exceptions, modifications and adaptations.

(3) In particular, rules made under this Part may —(a)

prescribe the information and documents required for an application to the LTA for authorisation to carry out a trial or special use mentioned in subsection (1);

(b)

provide for the grant of an authorisation by the LTA to a person to carry out such a trial or special use;

(c)

require the specified person to do all or any of the following:(i)

to have in place liability insurance before the trial or special use starts, and to ensure that it is in force at all times during the period of the trial or special use;

(ii)

to deposit with the LTA a security of a type, and of an amount not lower than an amount, prescribed in those rules, to secure compliance with the conditions of authorisation;

(iii)

to remove, at the specified person’s own cost, any fixed EV charger installed in any place in Singapore when the trial or special use ends;

(d)

prescribe the alternative safety and performance standards for a specified model of EV charger used or to be used in the trial or special use;

(e)

prescribe the construction, design or use of —(i)

technology, equipment or devices in relation to the EV chargers involved in the trial or special use; and

(ii)

any equipment or other thing that the specified person intends to construct or install in the vicinity of each EV charger;

(f)

prescribe the maintenance and inspection requirements to be met by the specified person in relation to specified EV chargers involved in the trial or special use;

(g)

prescribe the measures to be taken by the specified person for the purposes of managing or mitigating the risks of the trial or special use, including submitting a safety proposal for the LTA’s approval and implementing the safety proposal;

(h)

require the specified person to provide an incident report to the LTA in accordance with the prescribed guidelines and within the prescribed period, in the event of a prescribed incident;

(i)

require the keeping of records by the specified person, and the giving of information to the LTA or any other person designated by the LTA about the trial or special use carried out;

(j)

prescribe the persons or class of persons whom the specified person may engage in carrying out the trial or special use;

(k)

limit the number of specified EV chargers involved in the trial or special use;

(l)

prescribe the area or areas of Singapore in which a trial or special use may be carried out;

(m)

prescribe the period during which a trial or special use may be carried out;

(n)

prescribe the premises or types of premises where a trial or special use may or may not be carried out, as the case may be;

(o)

provide the grounds under which any authorisation granted under the rules to carry out a trial or special use may be cancelled in whole or in part, or suspended in whole or in part;

(p)

provide for a right to appeal to the Minister (whose decision on appeal is final) against any decision made by the LTA under the rules, and the procedure for those appeals;

(q)

prescribe the fees in relation to applications or requests to, or the doing of anything by, the LTA under the rules made under this section;

(r)

provide that any contravention of any provision of the rules made under this section shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $10,000; and

(s)

prescribe any saving and transitional provisions that may be necessary or expedient.

(4) In making any rules under this Part for a trial or special use, the Minister must take reasonable steps to prevent information that —(a)

is commercially sensitive in nature; and

(b)

is the subject of a request to the Minister by a person connected with the trial or special use, or the proposed trial or special use, for the information to be kept confidential,

from being published or otherwise made public.

—(1) For the purpose of enabling or facilitating the development and operation of innovative and accessible EV chargers and EV charging services which contribute to the mobility and safety of people in Singapore, and of improving the environmental performance of the road transport sector in Singapore, the Minister may make rules under this Part that allow —(a)

any trial of special types of EV chargers; or

(b)

any special use involving charging of electric vehicles using special types of EV chargers,

even though these EV chargers are neither of a homologated model nor a registered‑for‑charging EV charger.

(2) Rules made under this Part may, for a fixed period (not exceeding 5 years) specified in the rules or a specified area in Singapore or both, provide for the application of specified provisions of this Act or its subsidiary legislation affecting —(a)

the specified person authorised to undertake the trial or carry out the special use;

(b)

any other person or class of persons participating in the trial or carrying out the special use; or

(c)

any EV charger used in that trial or special use,

with prescribed exceptions, modifications and adaptations.

(3) In particular, rules made under this Part may —(a)

prescribe the information and documents required for an application to the LTA for authorisation to carry out a trial or special use mentioned in subsection (1);

(b)

provide for the grant of an authorisation by the LTA to a person to carry out such a trial or special use;

(c)

require the specified person to do all or any of the following:(i)

to have in place liability insurance before the trial or special use starts, and to ensure that it is in force at all times during the period of the trial or special use;

(ii)

to deposit with the LTA a security of a type, and of an amount not lower than an amount, prescribed in those rules, to secure compliance with the conditions of authorisation;

(iii)

to remove, at the specified person’s own cost, any fixed EV charger installed in any place in Singapore when the trial or special use ends;

(d)

prescribe the alternative safety and performance standards for a specified model of EV charger used or to be used in the trial or special use;

(e)

prescribe the construction, design or use of —(i)

technology, equipment or devices in relation to the EV chargers involved in the trial or special use; and

(ii)

any equipment or other thing that the specified person intends to construct or install in the vicinity of each EV charger;

(f)

prescribe the maintenance and inspection requirements to be met by the specified person in relation to specified EV chargers involved in the trial or special use;

(g)

prescribe the measures to be taken by the specified person for the purposes of managing or mitigating the risks of the trial or special use, including submitting a safety proposal for the LTA’s approval and implementing the safety proposal;

(h)

require the specified person to provide an incident report to the LTA in accordance with the prescribed guidelines and within the prescribed period, in the event of a prescribed incident;

(i)

require the keeping of records by the specified person, and the giving of information to the LTA or any other person designated by the LTA about the trial or special use carried out;

(j)

prescribe the persons or class of persons whom the specified person may engage in carrying out the trial or special use;

(k)

limit the number of specified EV chargers involved in the trial or special use;

(l)

prescribe the area or areas of Singapore in which a trial or special use may be carried out;

(m)

prescribe the period during which a trial or special use may be carried out;

(n)

prescribe the premises or types of premises where a trial or special use may or may not be carried out, as the case may be;

(o)

provide the grounds under which any authorisation granted under the rules to carry out a trial or special use may be cancelled in whole or in part, or suspended in whole or in part;

(p)

provide for a right to appeal to the Minister (whose decision on appeal is final) against any decision made by the LTA under the rules, and the procedure for those appeals;

(q)

prescribe the fees in relation to applications or requests to, or the doing of anything by, the LTA under the rules made under this section;

(r)

provide that any contravention of any provision of the rules made under this section shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $10,000; and

(s)

prescribe any saving and transitional provisions that may be necessary or expedient.

(4) In making any rules under this Part for a trial or special use, the Minister must take reasonable steps to prevent information that —(a)

is commercially sensitive in nature; and

(b)

is the subject of a request to the Minister by a person connected with the trial or special use, or the proposed trial or special use, for the information to be kept confidential,

from being published or otherwise made public.