Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
Regulation 5
Consumers not classified as contestable consumers: subject premises with master‑meter and sub‑meters
Subregulation 1
This regulation applies where —
the subject premises comprise the entire of a building or cluster of buildings, or a part of a building or cluster of buildings;
the electricity consumed at the building or cluster of buildings is metered by a master‑meter and one or more sub‑meters; and
the application to open a contestable consumer account for the subject premises is made by the consumer that holds the master‑meter account with an MSSL for those premises.
Subregulation 2
Where the subject premises comprise the entire of a building or cluster of buildings, the consumer is not classified as a contestable consumer under regulation 3 unless the consumer has the consent of all sub‑meter consumers of the subject premises to purchase electricity for those premises.
Subregulation 3
Where the subject premises comprise a part of a building or cluster of buildings, the consumer is not classified as a contestable consumer under regulation 3 unless —
the consumer also holds the sub‑meter account with the MSSL for the subject premises;
the consumer has the consent of all sub‑meter consumers of the subject premises to purchase electricity for those premises; and
the consumer is able to comply with the requirements of the Authority in ensuring that there will not be any billing for a negative amount by the MSSL in respect of the master‑meter account.
Subregulation 4
[Deleted by S 355/2019 wef 01/05/2019]
Subregulation 5
In this regulation and regulation 6, “sub‑meter consumer” means a person who is liable to pay the consumer mentioned in paragraph (1) for electricity metered through a sub‑meter for a part of a building or cluster of buildings.