Road Traffic (Expressway Traffic) (Amendment) Rules 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 Dec 2021

No. S 1070

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Expressway Traffic)
(Amendment) Rules 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 114(1) of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Road Traffic (Expressway Traffic) (Amendment) Rules 2021 and come into operation on 3 January 2022.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2(1) of Road Traffic (Expressway Traffic) Rules (R 23) is amended by inserting, immediately before the definition of “carriageway”, the following definitions:

“ “ambulance” means a motor vehicle that is specifically equipped for —

(a)	the transport on roads of; and
(b)	the provision, during such transport, of out‑of‑hospital clinical care to,

sick or injured individuals who require emergency medical treatment;

“authorised”, for an ambulance, means —

(a)	being specified in a licence (other than a revoked licence) under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 authorising the use of the ambulance to provide a licensable healthcare service specified in that licence; or
(b)	being owned by the Government and used for the purposes of the Singapore Armed Forces or the Singapore Civil Defence Force;”.

Amendment of rule 15

3. Rule 15 of the Road Traffic (Expressway Traffic) Rules is amended by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(b)	an authorised ambulance used for the purpose of attending to a medical emergency;”.

[G.N. Nos. S 514/93; S 134/95; S 191/96; S 436/96; S 538/97; S 160/98; S 310/99; S 324/2004; S 672/2006; S 521/2007; S 463/2008; S 27/2009; S 649/2010; S 473/2011; S 26/2012; S 277/2013; S 809/2013; S 496/2016; S 201/2017]

Made on 29 December 2021.

CHEW HOCK YONG

Permanent Secretary
(Home Affairs Development),
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/033; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/32 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).

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