Active Mobility (Amendment) Regulations 2024

No. S 158

Active Mobility Act 2017

Active Mobility
(Amendment) Regulations 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 67 of the Active Mobility Act 2017, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Active Mobility (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and come into operation on 1 March 2024.

Replacement of regulation 2

2. In the Active Mobility Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 251/2018) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations), replace regulation 2 with —

“Definitions

2. In these Regulations —

“hours of darkness” means the time starting 7 p.m. and ending 7 a.m. the following day;

“recumbent bicycle” means a bicycle that —

(a)	is designed to be ridden in a reclined or partially‑reclined position; or
(b)	has pedals designed to be operated by the rider’s hands, or both the rider’s hands and feet;

“recumbent device” means a personal mobility device —

(a)

that —

(i)	has 2 or 3 wheels;
(ii)	has pedals designed to be operated by the rider’s feet; and
(iii)	is designed to be ridden in a reclined or partially‑reclined position; or

(b)

that —

(i)	has 2 or 3 wheels; and
(ii)	has pedals designed to be operated by the rider’s hands, or both the rider’s hands and feet;

“three-wheeled pedal cycle” means a personal mobility device that —

(a)	has 3 wheels;
(b)	is steered by handlebars; and
(c)	has pedals,

and includes a tricycle but does not include a recumbent device or trishaw;

“tricycle” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961;

“trishaw” has the meaning given by the Road Traffic (Bicycles, Three-wheeled Pedal Cycles, Trishaws and Recumbent Devices — Construction and Use) Rules 2024 (G.N. No. S 157/2024).”.

Amendment of regulation 3A

3. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 3A —

(a)

in paragraph (1), replace sub‑paragraph (c) with —

“(c)

the bicycle is equipped with —

(i)	if the bicycle is not a recumbent bicycle — a working handbrake; or
(ii)	if the bicycle is a recumbent bicycle — a working brake.”; and

(b)

in paragraph (2), before the definition of “handbrake”, insert —

“ “brake”, for a bicycle that is a recumbent bicycle, means a braking system that —

(a)	is designed to be operated by the rider’s hands or feet, or both, as the case may be;
(b)	operates on either or both of the wheels of the recumbent bicycle; and
(c)	when applied, reduces the speed of the recumbent bicycle or prevents the recumbent bicycle from moving;”.

Amendment of regulation 3B

4. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 3B(3), after sub‑paragraph (b), insert —

“(ba)	the PAB is not designed to be ridden in a reclined or partially‑reclined position;
(bb)	the pedals of the PAB are not designed to be operated by the rider’s hands, or both the rider’s hands and feet;”.

Amendment of regulation 4

5. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 4 —

(a)

in paragraph (1)(a), after “the personal mobility device”, insert “, if propelled by an electric motor,”;

(b)

in paragraph (1)(d), replace the full‑stop at the end with a semi‑colon;

(c)

in paragraph (1), after sub‑paragraph (d), insert —

“(e)

the personal mobility device, if the personal mobility device is a recumbent device —

(i)	is equipped with a working brake; and
(ii)	is built to be propelled solely by human power;

(f)

the personal mobility device, if the personal mobility device is a three‑wheeled pedal cycle —

(i)	is equipped with a working handbrake; and
(ii)	is built to be propelled solely by human power.”;

(d)

in paragraph (2), before the definition of “certification body”, insert —

“ “brake”, for a personal mobility device that is a recumbent device, means a braking system that —

(a)	is designed to be operated by the rider’s hands or feet, or both;
(b)	operates on all or any of the wheels of the recumbent device; and
(c)	when applied, reduces the speed of the recumbent device or prevents the recumbent device from moving;”; and

(e)

in paragraph (2), after the definition of “certification body”, insert —

“ “handbrake”, for a personal mobility device that is a three‑wheeled pedal cycle, means a braking system that —

(a)	is applied by one or more hand levers affixed to the handlebars of the three‑wheeled pedal cycle;
(b)	operates on all or any of the wheels of the three‑wheeled pedal cycle; and
(c)	when applied, reduces the speed of the three‑wheeled pedal cycle or prevents the three‑wheeled pedal cycle from moving;”.

Amendment of regulation 8

6. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 8 —

(a)

in paragraph (1), replace “A rider” with “Subject to paragraph (4), a rider”; and

(b)

after paragraph (2), insert —

“(3) A rider of a three-wheeled pedal cycle on a shared path must not ride with more passengers on the three‑wheeled pedal cycle than the three-wheeled pedal cycle is designed to carry.

(4) A rider of a recumbent device or recumbent bicycle on a shared path must not carry or ride with any passenger.”.

Amendment of regulation 9

7. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 9 —

(a)	in the regulation heading, after “bicycle”, insert “, three‑wheeled pedal cycle”;
(b)	in paragraph (1), after “A rider of a bicycle”, insert “(other than a recumbent bicycle) or three‑wheeled pedal cycle”;
(c)	in paragraph (1), after “on the bicycle”, insert “or three‑wheeled pedal cycle”; and
(d)	in paragraph (1)(a), after “affixed to the bicycle”, insert “or three‑wheeled pedal cycle”.

Amendment of regulation 11

8. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 11 —

(a)	in the regulation heading, after “bicycle”, insert “, three‑wheeled pedal cycle, recumbent device”;
(b)	after “A rider of a bicycle”, insert “, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device”; and
(c)	in paragraphs (a) and (b), after “the bicycle” wherever it appears, insert “, three‑wheeled pedal cycle, recumbent device”.

Amendment of regulation 12

9. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 12 —

(a)	in the regulation heading, after “bicycle”, insert “, three‑wheeled pedal cycle, recumbent device”;
(b)	after “, a bicycle”, insert “, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device”; and
(c)	after “the bicycle” wherever it appears, insert “, three‑wheeled pedal cycle, recumbent device”.

Amendment of regulation 13

10. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 13, after “non‑motorised personal mobility device” wherever it appears, insert “(other than a three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device)”.

Amendment of regulation 14

11. In the principal Regulations, in regulation 14, replace “8(1) or (2)” with “8(1), (2), (3) or (4)”.

[G.N. Nos. S 909/2018; S 69/2019; S 474/2019;S 545/2019; S 670/2019; S 732/2019; S 242/2020;S 466/2020; S 645/2020; S 982/2020; S 446/2021;S 655/2021; S 998/2021; S 708/2022]

Made on 29 February 2024.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

Chairperson,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/L18.056.002/DH/AMR.24.01; AG/LEGIS/SL/2C/2020/10 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 67(4) of the Active Mobility Act 2017).

Search within Legislation