Singapore legislation

Regulation 2

of Electricity (Contestable Consumers) Regulations 2018

Regulation 2

Definitions

Subregulation 1

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

Definition

“application month” means the calendar month in which an application in regulation 3(2) or 7(1), as the case may be, is made;

Definition

“master‑meter” means a meter measuring the electricity consumed by all the units and common areas in a building or cluster of buildings which is or are used or occupied by multiple consumers;

Definition

“MSSL” means a market support services licensee;

Definition

“non‑residential premises”, in relation to a consumer, means any premises that are lawfully used or occupied by the consumer —

(a)

for any non‑residential purpose under a unique identifier of the consumer; or

(b)

for a purpose connected with a unique identifier of the consumer that is a unique entity number;

Definition

“residential premises”, in relation to a consumer, means any premises that are lawfully used or occupied by the consumer and are not non‑residential premises;

Definition

“specified non‑residential premises”, in relation to a consumer, means any non‑residential premises lawfully used or occupied by the consumer (other than the subject premises) that do not use a master‑meter and one or more sub‑meters to measure the electricity consumption at those premises;

Definition

“subject premises”, in relation to a consumer, means any premises that are lawfully used or occupied by the consumer and in relation to which the consumer applies for or maintains a contestable consumer account with an MSSL for electricity consumed at those premises;

Definition

“sub‑meter” means a meter measuring the electricity which, after being taken through a master‑meter, is consumed at any part of a building or cluster of buildings;

Definition

“unique identifier”, in relation to a consumer, means the set of numeric or alphanumeric characters assigned by the Government or a public authority to the consumer in order to identify the consumer for the operations of the Government or public authority in Singapore.

Subregulation 2

[Deleted by S 355/2019 wef 01/05/2019]