Singapore legislation
Regulation 8A
Regulation 8A
Unique identity information of individuals
Amended byS 576/2019 wef 01/09/2019
Subregulation 1
An MSSL must collect and use an individual’s unique identity information —
(a)
to open for the individual a consumer account (including a contestable consumer account) for the supply of electricity, or to close such an account;
(b)
to connect the individual’s premises to the transmission system; or
(c)
to verify, in relation to a report by the individual to the MSSL about any tampering or suspected tampering of any meter, the individual’s identity.
Subregulation 2
An individual’s unique identity information for the purposes of paragraph (1) is any of the following:
(a)
the individual’s NRIC number;
(b)
the individual’s foreign identification number or FIN;
(c)
the individual’s work permit number.