Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

In the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Act 2009 (called in this Act the principal Act), in section 2(1) —

(a)

after the definition of “Changi Airport Development Fund”, insert —“ “Chicago Convention” means —

(a)

the Convention on International Civil Aviation done at Chicago on 7 December 1944;

(b)

the Protocols amending that Convention which Singapore ratifies; and

(c)

the Annexes to that Convention relating to international standards and recommended practices, being Annexes adopted in accordance with that Convention;”;

(b)

after the definition of “flight information service”, insert —“ “ICAO” means the International Civil Aviation Organization established under the Chicago Convention, and includes any successor to that Organization;”; and

(c)

after the definition of “repealed Act”, insert —“ “SAF” or “sustainable aviation fuel” means a renewable or waste‑derived aviation fuel that meets the prescribed sustainability criteria;“SAF environmental attributes” or “sustainable aviation fuel environmental attributes”, in relation to any quantity of SAF, means a value —

(a)

representing the difference between the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of the SAF throughout its life cycle and those of the same quantity of conventional aviation fuel throughout its life cycle; and

(b)

which may be —

(i)

used by a person to meet offsetting requirements applicable to that person under the global programme known as the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) developed by ICAO or other similar programme; or

(ii)

reported by a person (X) as carbon emissions reduction from the use of SAF under any scheme applicable to or adopted by X for the reporting of environmental sustainability efforts undertaken by X to stakeholders or investors of X or regulators of the business of X;“SAF Fund” or “sustainable aviation fuel Fund” means the fund of that name established under section 25C;“SAF levy” or “sustainable aviation fuel levy” means the levy imposed under section 87B;“SAF Procuring Entity” or “sustainable aviation fuel Procuring Entity” means any person appointed by the Authority to procure, manage, account for and allocate SAF and SAF environmental attributes in place of the Authority, and includes any company established by the Authority to do the same;”.

Clause 2 — Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Amendment) Bill