§ 30 — Improper charging

30.—(1) A person commits an offence if —(a)

the person uses, or allows to be used, an EV charger to charge an electric vehicle at any place in Singapore;

(b)

the place is prescribed as a banned location for that type of EV charger; and

(c)

the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the place is a banned location for that type of EV charger.

(2) A person commits an offence if —(a)

the person uses, or allows to be used, an EV charger to charge an electric vehicle in a certain way or in certain circumstances;

(b)

the way is not, or those circumstances are not, a way or circumstance prescribed as permissible for that type of EV charger; and

(c)

the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, that way or those circumstances is or are not prescribed as permissible for that type of EV charger.

(3) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable on conviction —(a)

where the person is an individual —(i)

to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; but

(ii)

where the individual is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or

(b)

where the person is not an individual —(i)

to a fine not exceeding $10,000; but

(ii)

where the person is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $20,000.

(4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a person —(a)

whose business is —(i)

to repair an EV charger; or

(ii)

to determine whether an EV charger complies with the safety and performance standards prescribed to be a homologated model; and

(b)

who uses the EV charger for the sole purpose of —(i)

determining, in the person’s ordinary course of business, whether the EV charger complies with the safety and performance standards prescribed to be a homologated model; or

(ii)

repairing the EV charger in the person’s ordinary course of business.

(5) To avoid doubt, this section does not derogate from section 18.

—(1) A person commits an offence if —(a)

the person uses, or allows to be used, an EV charger to charge an electric vehicle at any place in Singapore;

(b)

the place is prescribed as a banned location for that type of EV charger; and

(c)

the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the place is a banned location for that type of EV charger.

(2) A person commits an offence if —(a)

the person uses, or allows to be used, an EV charger to charge an electric vehicle in a certain way or in certain circumstances;

(b)

the way is not, or those circumstances are not, a way or circumstance prescribed as permissible for that type of EV charger; and

(c)

the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, that way or those circumstances is or are not prescribed as permissible for that type of EV charger.

(3) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable on conviction —(a)

where the person is an individual —(i)

to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; but

(ii)

where the individual is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; or

(b)

where the person is not an individual —(i)

to a fine not exceeding $10,000; but

(ii)

where the person is a repeat offender — to a fine not exceeding $20,000.

(4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a person —(a)

whose business is —(i)

to repair an EV charger; or

(ii)

to determine whether an EV charger complies with the safety and performance standards prescribed to be a homologated model; and

(b)

who uses the EV charger for the sole purpose of —(i)

determining, in the person’s ordinary course of business, whether the EV charger complies with the safety and performance standards prescribed to be a homologated model; or

(ii)

repairing the EV charger in the person’s ordinary course of business.

(5) To avoid doubt, this section does not derogate from section 18.