Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 2
Section 2 of the Electricity Act is amended —
by deleting the words “section 64(3) or 98(2)” in the definition of “Appeal Panel” and substituting the words “section 65”;
by deleting paragraph (a) of the definition of “earthworks” and substituting the following paragraphs:“(a)any act of excavating earth, rock or other material (by whatever means);
(aa)any act done on, in or under the ground in connection with —
any work for or relating to the construction, reconstruction, extension, renovation, alteration, demolition or repair of any building, road, railway, bridge, viaduct, flyover, sewer or sewerage works;
any work for or relating to the laying, inspecting, repairing or renewing of any main, pipe, cable, fitting or other apparatus;
any soil investigation work; or
such other works as are usually undertaken by a person carrying on business as a contractor in the construction industry or as a professional civil or structural engineer;”;
by deleting the words “earth rod” in paragraph (c) of the definition of “earthworks” and substituting the words “bar, rod, pole, picket”;
by deleting paragraph (a) of the definition of “electrical installation” and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)any electric line, supply line or electrical plant —
of a transmission licensee for the transmission of electricity; or
of a generation licensee for the generation of electricity;”;
by deleting the definition of “electricity cable” and substituting the following definition:“ “electricity cable” means a length of insulated single conductor or of 2 or more such conductors, whether or not the conductor or conductors are provided with an overall covering for mechanical protection, and —
all other apparatus or devices connected to the conductor or conductors, as the case may be (including by any remote or wireless means); and
any data communication cable used to monitor or control the transmission of electricity;”;
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “market support services licensee”, the following definitions:“ “meter” means any device for measuring the flow of electricity;“meter installation” means any meter and, if so equipped, its associated equipment, apparatus, device and installation, including any self‑contained meter transformers, wiring, seal, meter test terminal block, test links, fuses, lamps, data recorders, circuit breakers, and communication modems required to provide remote access to the metered data so that readings from the meter can be taken;”; and
by deleting the words “by a transmission licensee” in the definition of “transmission system”.