34. Amendment of section 18

In the EVCA, in section 18 —

in subsections (1)(a) and (2)(a), after “electric vehicle”, insert “or the battery of an electric vehicle”; and

after subsection (3), insert —“(3A) In relation to an offence under subsection (1) or (2), “repeat offender” means an individual who —

is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and

has been convicted or found guilty, on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the individual is convicted or found guilty of the current offence, of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) (as the case may be) whether before, on or after the date of commencement of section 34 of the Land Transport and Related Matters (No. 2) Act 2026.

In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) or (2), where it is proved that a person connected the connector of an EV charger to the inlet of an electric vehicle or a battery of an electric vehicle, it is presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the person had charged the electric vehicle or battery using the EV charger.”.