48C. Electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2020. 2 amendments in all.

(1)

All electrical apparatus and circuits in an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle registered on or after 1 April 2020 must be constructed and installed in compliance with —

(a)

in a case where the electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle is a motor cycle —

(i)

the requirements in any version of UN Regulation 136 that is in force on or before the day the electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle is manufactured;

(ii)

the requirements in EU Regulation 168/2013; or

(iii)

the requirements in EU Regulation 168/2013 as supplemented by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 3/2014 of 24 October 2013 as amended by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1824 of 14 July 2016; or

(b)

in any other case — the requirements in any version of UN Regulation 100 that is in force on or before the day the electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle is manufactured.

(2)

No electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle shall be converted to a conventional vehicle.

(3)

No electric vehicle shall be converted to a hybrid vehicle.

(4)

Upon the application by the owner of a conventional vehicle or a hybrid vehicle in the form determined by the Registrar, the Registrar may, in his discretion and upon such conditions as he may specify, allow —

(a)

the conventional vehicle to be converted into an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle; or

(b)

the hybrid vehicle to be converted into an electric vehicle.

Subregulation 1