Singapore legislation
Regulation 9
of Carbon Pricing (Registration and General Matters) Regulations 2018
Regulation 9
Appointment of GHG manager
Subregulation 1
A person must appoint, from among the person’s employees, at least one GHG manager for each business facility of the person that is registered as a reportable facility.
Subregulation 2
The duties of a GHG manager for a reportable facility are to —
prepare emissions reports, and monitoring plans (if the business facility is also registered as a taxable facility), and their supporting documents for the business facility;
submit the emissions reports, monitoring plans (if the business facility is also registered as a taxable facility) and supporting documents to the Agency;
assist the registered person in complying with the Carbon Pricing (Measurement, Reporting and Verification) Regulations 2018; and
provide any other information and documents to the Agency that the Agency may require in relation to the emissions reports, monitoring plans and supporting documents.
Subregulation 3
The person may appoint the same employee as a GHG manager for more than one business facility of the person.
Subregulation 4
An employee of the person who is appointed as a designated representative under regulation 8 cannot be appointed as a GHG manager under this regulation.
Subregulation 5
Subject to paragraph (6), the person must not appoint an individual as a GHG manager unless the individual has any of the following qualifications or experience:
Singapore Certified Energy Manager (certified by the Institution of Engineers, Singapore);
qualifications or at least 3 years’ experience in the compilation and computation of either energy use or GHG emissions data, where the Agency is satisfied that such qualifications or experience will enable the GHG manager to properly carry out the duties of a GHG manager;
at least 3 years’ experience in the operational processes and activities of the business facility, where the Agency is satisfied that such experience will enable the GHG manager to properly carry out the duties of a GHG manager.
Subregulation 6
If the person appoints only one individual as a GHG manager for a business facility and that individual ceases to be so appointed for any reason, the person ––
must appoint another individual as a replacement GHG manager within 3 months after the firstmentioned individual ceases to be appointed as a GHG manager; and
may, pending the appointment of the replacement GHG manager, designate any employee of the person to undertake the duties of a GHG manager mentioned in paragraph (2) (whether or not the employee has the qualifications mentioned in paragraph (5)).
Subregulation 7
The person must provide the following to the Agency in respect of each individual appointed as a GHG manager:
a copy of the certification of the individual as a Singapore Certified Energy Manager, or evidence of the GHG manager’s qualification or experience mentioned in paragraph (5)(b) or (c);
any other evidence or particulars that the Agency considers necessary to determine that the individual is able to properly carry out the duties of a GHG manager.