Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Dec 2021

No. S 1049

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing)
(Amendment No. 5) Rules 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2021 and come into operation on 3 January 2022.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately before the definition of “business service passenger vehicle, the following definition:

“ “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;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “maximum power output”, the following definition:

“ “medical transport vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is equipped to provide non‑emergency patient transport services;”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “new vehicle”, the following definition:

“ “non-emergency patient transport services” means transport services for fee or reward that relate solely to the provision of transport on roads of individuals —

(a)	whose medical needs have been assessed as requiring patient transport and not being time-critical or acute; and
(b)	who may require basic care and observation or clinical care and monitoring during transport;”.

Amendment of rule 39

3. Rule 39(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (a) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(a)

any of the following vehicles that are more than 20 years old:

(i)	an ambulance;
(ii)	a goods vehicle;
(iii)	a medical transport vehicle;”.

[G.N. Nos. S 678/2014; S 810/2014; S 359/2015; S 366/2015; S 650/2015; S 272/2016; S 46/2017; S 60/2017; S 327/2017; S 335/2017; S 550/2017; S 696/2017; S 777/2017; S 330/2018; S 424/2018; S 764/2018; S 879/2018; S 140/2019; S 249/2019; S 393/2019; S 451/2019; S 206/2020; S 454/2020; S 1013/2020; S 1092/2020; S 1100/2020; S 233/2021; S 263/2021; S 507/2021; S 955/2021]

Made on 28 December 2021.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.27.13.03.0.40; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/6 Vol. 10]

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

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