41. Amendment of section 30

In the EVCA, in section 30 —

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

after subsection (4), insert —“(4A) 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 41 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 the battery of an electric vehicle, it is presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the person had used the EV charger to charge the electric vehicle or battery.”.