Active Mobility (Public Utilities Board — Exemption) Order 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 15 Jan 2021

No. S 26

Active Mobility Act 2017

(ACT 3 OF 2017)

Active Mobility
(Public Utilities Board — Exemption)
Order 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 66 of the Active Mobility Act 2017, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:

Citation and period in force

1.—(1) This Order is the Active Mobility (Public Utilities Board — Exemption) Order 2021.

(2) This Order is in force for 2 years starting 18 January 2021.

Definitions

2. In this Order —

“emergency” means an actual or imminent event that causes, or threatens to cause —

(a)	any harm or danger to the life, health or safety of any individual;
(b)	any destruction of, or damage to, any property; or
(c)	any harm or danger to the health or safety of the public;

“public event” means any event that is open to the public or a section of the public;

“Public Utilities Board” means the Public Utilities Board continued under section 3 of the Public Utilities Act (Cap. 261);

“specified footpath” means any of the footpaths delineated by black‑coloured lines in the maps set out in Part 1 of the Schedule;

“specified motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle other than any of the following:

(a)	a motorised personal mobility device;
(b)	a power‑assisted bicycle;
(c)	a motorised wheelchair;
(d)	a mobility scooter;
(e)	an automatic detection device that has wheels, a motor and is constructed to drive itself;
(f)	a robotic machine designed to move and operate independently of human control when the computer that controls it is programmed;
(g)	a motor vehicle that is constructed to drive itself;

“specified purpose” means any of the following purposes:

(a)	to transport any individual or thing in connection with a public event;
(b)	to transport any individual or thing in connection with any maintenance works;
(c)	to transport any individual or thing in connection with the enforcement of the Public Utilities (Reservoirs, Catchment Areas and Waterway) Regulations 2006 (G.N. No. S 401/2006);
(d)	to carry out maintenance works;
(e)	to respond to an emergency;

“specified shared path” means any of the shared paths specified in Part 2 of the Schedule.

Exemption for driving specified motor vehicle

3. Sections 16(1)(b) and 17(1) of the Act do not apply to an individual who drives a specified motor vehicle on a specified footpath or specified shared path for a specified purpose, under the following conditions:

(a)

the individual is authorised by the Public Utilities Board to drive the specified motor vehicle for the specified purpose;

(b)

the individual, when driving the specified motor vehicle —

(i)	does not exceed a speed of 10 km/h unless responding to an emergency; and
(ii)	gives way to other users of the specified footpath or specified shared path;

(c)

the individual possesses a valid driving licence granted under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) Rules (Cap. 276, R 27) authorising the individual to drive the class of the specified motor vehicle;

(d)

there is in force, at any time the specified motor vehicle is used in connection with a specified purpose, a policy of insurance in relation to the specified motor vehicle insuring against any liability in respect of the death of or bodily injury sustained by any person (other than the driver or any passenger of the specified motor vehicle), or property damage suffered by any person (other than the driver or any passenger of the specified motor vehicle), caused by or arising out of the use of the specified motor vehicle;

(e)

the risk under the policy of insurance mentioned in sub‑paragraph (d) is assumed by an insurer who, at the time of the issuance of the policy, is lawfully carrying on an insurance business in Singapore.

Made on 13 January 2021.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.443.5.051.0.6; LTA/L18.056.002/CY/PUBEO.21.01.; AG/LEGIS/SL/2C/2020/1 Vol. 2]

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