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First published in the Government Gazette, Electronic Edition, on 26 December 2018 at 5 pm.

No. S 862

ELECTRICITY ACT

(CHAPTER 89A)

^{_{ELECTRICITY (ELECTRICAL WORKERS)}}

^{_{(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2018}}

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 103(1) of the Electricity Act, the Energy Market Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Trade and Industry, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Electricity (Electrical Workers) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 and come into operation on 1 January 2019.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Electricity (Electrical Workers) Regulations (Rg 1) is amended by inserting, immediately before the definition of “authorised high voltage switching engineer”, the following definition:

““approved courses webpage” means the Internet webpage, accessible through a hyperlink on the Internet website known as ELISE, on which the Authority specifies the courses of instruction to be completed by a person in connection with an electrician’s licence or an electrical technician’s licence, as the case may be;”.

Amendment of regulation 4

3. Regulation 4 of the Electricity (Electrical Workers) Regulations

is amended — 

(a)    by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (aa) of paragraph (1), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(ab) satisfies the Authority that he —

(i)     has not less than 5 years practicalexperience in Singapore relevant to the electrical work which an electrician is authorised to perform under regulation 5(1); and

(ii)   has successfully completed a courseof instruction specified on the approved courses webpage that is relevant to the electrical work which an electrician is authorised to perform under regulation 5(1); or”; and

(b)   by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(2) An electrical technician’s licence may be issued to any person who —

(a) satisfies the Authority that he —

(i)     possesses a diploma majoring inelectrical power engineering relevant to the electrical work which an electrical technician is authorised to perform under regulation 5(2), or such other qualification as may be acceptable to the Authority; and

(ii)   has not less than 2 years practicalexperience in Singapore relevant to the electrical work which an electrical technician is authorised to perform under regulation 5(2); 

(b)   satisfies the Authority that he —

(i)      possesses a diploma majoring inelectrical power engineering relevant to the electrical work which an electrical technician is authorised to perform under regulation 5(2), or such other qualification as may be acceptable to the Authority;

(ii)    has not less than one year practicalexperience in Singapore relevant to the electrical work which an electrical technician is authorised to perform under regulation 5(2); and

(iii)   has successfully completed a courseof instruction specified on the approved courses webpage that is relevant to the electrical work which an electrical technician is authorised to perform under regulation 5(2); or

(c)    satisfies the Authority that he —

(i)      possesses an electrician’s licence;

(ii)    has not less than 5 years practicalexperience in Singapore relevant to the electrical work which an electrician is authorised to perform under regulation 5(1), beginning on the date the electrician’s licence was issued to him; and

(iii)  has successfully completed a courseof instruction specified on the approved courses webpage that is relevant to the electrical work which an electrical technician is authorised to perform under regulation 5(2).”.

[G.N. Nos. S 332/2007; S 22/2015]

Made on 11 December 2018.

^{_{NG HOW YUE}}

Chairman,

Energy Market Authority of Singapore.

[ERMS-180730257-536638; AG/LEGIS/SL/89A/2015/5 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 103(4) of the

Electricity Act).