Singapore legislation

Clause 21

of Energy Transition Measures and Other Amendments Bill

Clause 21

Amendment of section 80

In the Electricity Act, in section 80, replace subsection (10) with —“(10) If in any proceedings for any offence under subsection (7), the defence involves acting on information supplied by any of the following:

(a)

an electricity licensee to whom any high voltage electricity cable belongs or that manages or controls such cable;

(b)

any person to whom any infrastructure described in subsection (11) belongs or that manages or controls such infrastructure;

(c)

a licensed cable detection worker,then the person charged is not, without permission of the court, entitled to rely on that defence unless, within 14 clear days before the hearing, the person charged has served on the prosecutor a written notice giving such information as was then in the possession of the person charged identifying or assisting in the identification of the person who supplied the person charged with the information.”.

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