No. S 669
Road Traffic Act
(CHAPTER 276)
Road Traffic
(Restriction of Speed on Roads)
(Amendment No. 3) Notification 2014
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 63(2) of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport hereby makes the following Notification:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Notification may be cited as the Road Traffic (Restriction of Speed on Roads) (Amendment No. 3) Notification 2014 and shall come into operation on 1 October 2014.
Deletion and substitution of paragraph 2
2.  Paragraph 2 of the Road Traffic (Restriction of Speed on Roads) Notification (N 6) is deleted and the following paragraph substituted therefor:
Speed limits on roads
2.—(1)  Except as otherwise provided in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road shall not exceed —
(a)in the case of the roads or parts thereof set out in the First to Fifth Schedules, the speed specified in those Schedules; and
(b)in any other case, 50 kilometres per hour.
(2)  The speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road in a school zone shall not exceed the speed of 40 kilometres per hour —
(a)on any day —
(i)between 6.30 a.m. and 7.45 a.m. (both times inclusive);
(ii)between 12 noon and 2.30 p.m. (both times inclusive); and
(iii)between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. (both times inclusive); or
(b)when a school event is carried out,
if the traffic sign, set out in diagram 12A in Part I of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules (R 33), is used to indicate the beginning of the school zone, and the lights attached to that traffic sign are flashing.
(3)  The speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road in a silver zone shall not exceed the speed of 40 kilometres per hour if the traffic sign, set out in diagram 12B in Part I of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules, is used to indicate the beginning of the silver zone.
(4)  In this paragraph —
“school zone” means any part of a road that is —
(a)adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of a school; and
(b)between a traffic sign indicating the beginning of a school zone and a traffic sign indicating the end of a school zone;
“silver zone” means any part of a road that is between a traffic sign indicating the beginning of a silver zone and a traffic sign indicating the end of a silver zone.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 224/2008; S 465/2008; S 681/2008; S 576/2010; S 810/2013; S 402/2014; S 421/2014]
Made on 25 September 2014.
PANG KIN KEONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.
[LTA/RTA/NN/MR/SCHL/SLVR/TRAFFICSIGNS/2014; AG/LLRD/SL/276/2010/26 Vol. 1]