Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Test) (Amendment) Rules 2015

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 02 Mar 2015

No. S 102

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Motor Vehicles, Test)
(Amendment) Rules 2015

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 90 of the Road Traffic Act, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Test) (Amendment) Rules 2015 and come into operation on 1 April 2015.

Amendment of First Schedule

2. The First Schedule to the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Test) Rules (R 21) is amended by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (r) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:

“(s)	the requirements of rule 20 of the Rules, which relate to mirrors;
(t)	the requirements of rule 20A of the Rules, which relate to the device to observe blind spots.”.

Amendment of Third Schedule

3. The Third Schedule to the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Test) Rules is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “CNG system requirements” in paragraph 1, the following definition:

“ “device to observe blind spots requirements” means the prescribed statutory requirements specified in paragraph (t) of the First Schedule;”;

(b)

by deleting the definition of “noise and exhaust requirements” in paragraph 1 and substituting the following definition:

“ “mirror requirements” means the prescribed statutory requirements specified in paragraph (s) of the First Schedule;”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph 33, the following Parts:

“Part XV

Mirror Requirements

34. The examination of a motor vehicle to ascertain whether the mirror requirements are complied with must be carried out in accordance with this Part.

35. The vehicle must be examined to ascertain whether —

(a)	each required mirror is in good mechanical condition;
(b)	each required mirror is properly positioned and adjusted to operate as intended by the design of the mirror; and
(c)	there is any defect in the vehicle or its equipment by reason of which any of the mirror requirements is not complied with.

Part XVI

Device to Observe Blind Spots Requirements

36. The examination of a motor vehicle to ascertain whether the device to observe blind spots requirements are complied with must be carried out in accordance with this Part.

37. The vehicle must be examined to ascertain whether —

(a)	the device to observe blind spots is in good mechanical condition;
(b)	the device to observe blind spots is properly positioned and adjusted to operate as intended by its design; and
(c)	there is any defect in the vehicle or its equipment by reason of which any of the device to observe blind spots requirements is not complied with.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 520/2008; S 891/2014]

Made on 23 February 2015.

MICHAEL LIM CHOO SAN

Chairman,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/LEGL/L18.029.002/NC/TS; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/2 Vol. 1]

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

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