Road Traffic (Amendment) Rules 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Dec 2021

No. S 1054

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Amendment) Rules 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 140 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

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

Amendment of rule 1A

2. Rule 1A of the Road Traffic Rules (R 20) is amended by inserting, immediately before the definition of “Bus Give‑Way Box”, 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 12

3. Rule 12(1) of the Road Traffic Rules is amended by deleting the words “vehicle used as an ambulance, or” and substituting the words “authorised ambulance or vehicle used”.

[G.N. Nos. S 211/2002; S 214/2003; S 67/2005; S 157/2007; S 652/2008; S 635/2010; S 137/2011; S 190/2012; S 764/2013; S 42/2015; S 113/2016; S 365/2016; S 77/2017; S 171/2017; S 363/2017; S 246/2018; S 715/2019]

Made on 28 December 2021.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.27.13.03.0.40; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/29 Vol. 2]

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

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