Gas Act 2001

• Jurisdiction: Singapore
• Coming into Force: 31 July 2002
• Act Number: (Original Enactment: Act 11 of 2001)
• Record Number: Cap. 116A
• Published date: 31 July 2002

Gas Act

(CHAPTER 116A)

(Original Enactment: Act 11 of 2001)

REVISED EDITION 2002

(31st July 2002)

An Act to create a competitive market framework for the gas industry, to make provision for the safety, technical and economic regulation of the transportation and retail of gas, and for other matters connected therewith, and to make consequential amendments to certain written laws.

[23rd July 2003: Section 1 and Part XII ;

19th December 2003: Sections 2, 3(1), (2), (3)(e) and (h), (4) and (5), 4, 5, Parts IX, X, sections 87 to 91 and 95 ;

11th June 2007: Sections 3(3)(a), (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g) and (6), 8, 9, 10, 14 to 18, 21, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31, 36, 38, 40 to 44, 47, 48, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64 to 68, 86, 92, 96 and 97 ;

14th February 2008: Sections 12, 13, 37, 45 and 46 ]

PART I PRELIMINARY Short title and commencement 1. This Act may be cited as the Gas Act and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint*. * Please refer to various commencement dates as indicated above. Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “Appeal Panel” means a panel established by the Minister under section 84; [Act 43 of 2018 wef 03/05/2019] “appointed day” means — (a) in relation to this Act, the date of commencement of this Act; and (b) in relation to a particular provision of this Act, the date of commencement of that provision; “authorised officer” means any person authorised by the Authority under section 3(2); “Authority” means the Energy Market Authority of Singapore established under the Energy Market Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 92B); “check meter” means any subsidiary device used to verify the readings taken by a meter; “code of practice” means a code of practice issued or modified by the Authority under section 62; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “connect”, in relation to any premises, means connect to a gas main of a gas transporter, whether directly or by means of a gas service pipe, and “disconnect” and “re-connect” have corresponding meanings except that they also include discontinuing or restoring, as the case may be, the conveyance of gas to the premises; “consumer” means a person — (a) to whose premises gas is shipped; or (b) whose premises are connected to a gas pipeline network for the purpose of obtaining a supply of gas; “convey” means the transmission or distribution of gas by means of gas pipes, and “conveying”, “conveyed”, and “conveyance” shall be construed accordingly; “direct access customer” means a person who has an arrangement with — (a) a gas transporter for the conveyance of gas to his premises through a gas pipeline network owned by, or under the management or control of, that gas transporter; or (b) a person other than a gas transporter for the shipping of gas to his premises and has the benefit, under the arrangement, of identifiable rights for the conveyance of gas to his premises through the gas pipeline network to which his premises are connected; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “director” has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50); [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “document” includes electronic records; “earthworks” means — (a) any act of excavating earth, rock or other material (by whatever means); [Act 43 of 2018 wef 03/05/2019] (aa) any act done on, in or under the ground in connection with — (i) any work for or relating to the construction, reconstruction, extension, renovation, alteration, demolition or repair of any building, road, railway, bridge, viaduct, flyover, sewer or sewerage works; (ii) any work for or relating to the laying, inspecting, repairing or renewing of any main, pipe, cable, fitting or other apparatus; (iii) any soil investigation work; or (iv) such other works as are usually undertaken by a person carrying on business as a contractor in the construction industry or as a professional civil or structural engineer; [Act 43 of 2018 wef 03/05/2019] (b) any act of boring, dredging, jacking, levelling, piling or tunnelling on or under any premises or street by any mechanical means; or (c) the driving or sinking of any bar, rod, pole, picket, casing or tube into the ground; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] [Act 43 of 2018 wef 03/05/2019] “electronic records” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act (Cap. 88); “exempt gas transporter” means a person carrying out any activity specified in section 6(1)(a) who is granted an exemption under section 8; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas” means natural gas and town gas, but does not include liquefied petroleum gas; “gas appliance” means any appliance in which gas is consumed, either for domestic requirements (including for cooking, heating or cooling purposes) or for industrial or commercial requirements (including for powering a gas engine or as feedstock in a chemical process); “gas fitting” includes any pipe, valve, meter, regulator or other device for the control, measurement and use of gas; “gas importer” means a person holding a gas importer’s licence; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas importer’s licence” means a licence granted under section 7(3)(h); [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas installation” means a discrete grouping of gas fittings linking a gas service pipe to a gas appliance; “gas licence” means a licence granted under section 7(3); [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas licensee” means a person holding a gas licence; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas main” means any gas pipe used for the distribution of gas from a gas transmission pipeline to a consumer but does not include a gas service pipe or an internal pipe; “gas mains network” means a network of interconnected gas mains and related equipment; “Gas Network Code” means a code issued by the Authority or modified under section 61B; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas pipeline” means a gas transmission pipeline, a gas main or a gas service pipe; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas pipeline network” means a gas transmission network, a gas mains network and gas service pipes; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas plant” means any valve, regulator, plant, pipe, equipment or apparatus used for, or for purposes connected with, the production, processing, conveyance, storage or shipping of gas; “gas retailer” means a person holding a gas retailer’s licence; “gas retailer’s licence” means a licence granted under section 7(3)(d); [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas service isolation valve” means a valve, located at or near the boundary line of any property or the apron of any building, used by a gas transporter to isolate the supply of gas to that property or building; “gas service pipe” means a pipe or any part thereof, other than a gas main, used for the purpose of conveying gas from a gas main to a gas service isolation valve, and includes any pipe owned by, or under the management or control of, a gas transporter which is used for the purpose of conveying gas from the gas service isolation valve to the meter at a consumer’s premises; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas service work” means any work carried out on any gas installation or gas appliance, in whole or in part, including any design, construction, installation, commissioning, erection, testing, repair, addition, alteration or maintenance work; “gas service worker” means a person carrying on the activities referred to in section 11(1); “gas shipper” means a person holding a gas shipper’s licence; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas shipper’s licence” means a licence granted under section 7(3)(c); [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas supply system” means all gas pipeline networks, gas plants and other related equipment owned by, or under the management or control of, all gas transporters for the purpose of supplying gas to consumers; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas tightness” means the freedom from leak when a gas pipeline network, gas installation or gas fitting is tested at the appropriate test pressure; “gas transmission pipeline” means a bulk transmission pipeline or interconnected transmission pipeline, together with equipment (including pressure regulating and control valves) used for the conveyance of gas to a direct access customer or a gas mains network, and “gas transmission network” shall be construed accordingly; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas transport agent” means a person holding a gas transport agent’s licence; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas transport agent’s licence” means a licence granted under section 7(3)(b); [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “gas transporter” means a person holding a gas transporter’s licence; “gas transporter’s licence” means a licence granted under section 7(3)(a); “hotwork” means any work on a non-isolated gas pipeline network involving the use of a local source of ignition and includes welding, gas-cutting, grinding, chipping, and any process capable of generating heat, sparks or both, which may be capable of igniting flammable vapour or any other combustible material; “import”, in relation to natural gas or LNG, means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by any means, the natural gas or LNG from any place outside Singapore, other than any such natural gas or LNG in transit or to be transhipped; but does not include the actual conveyance of such natural gas in connection therewith; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “information” includes information contained in electronic records; “internal pipe” means any pipe, not being a gas pipeline, used for the purpose of conveying gas from a gas service pipe to a gas appliance, including a gas fitting inserted therein but excluding a meter; “licensed gas business” means the business of a gas licensee in carrying on the activity in respect of which it holds a gas licence; “licensed gas service worker” means a person who is licensed under section 12(3); “liquefied natural gas” or “LNG” means natural gas in its liquefied state; [24/2007 wef 11/06/2007] “LNG terminal” means a facility located onshore or in Singapore waters which is used to receive, store or gasify LNG that is imported into Singapore and at which any or all of the following activities are carried out in relation to any LNG received at the facility (including ...