Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2021

No. S 1059

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Quota System — Exemption)
(Amendment) Order 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 142 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2021 and comes into operation on 3 January 2022.

Amendment of paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 2 of the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) Order (O 5) (called in this Order the principal Order) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately before the definition of “bus services contractor”, 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 “bus services contractor”, the following definition:

“ “civil defence operations vehicle” has the meaning given by the Road Traffic (Government Vehicles — Exemption) Order 2019 (G.N. No. S 253/2019);”;

(c)

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

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

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “motor tractor”, 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 paragraph 3

3. Paragraph 3 of the principal Order is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (d) and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(d)	an ambulance which is not a civil defence operations vehicle;
(da)	a medical transport vehicle which is not a civil defence operations vehicle;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “fire fighting purposes” in sub‑paragraph (e), the words “and which is not a civil defence operations vehicle”;

(c)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub‑paragraph (t); and

(d)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (u) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(v)	a road roller;
(w)	any other vehicle that is built or permanently modified and used only for industry, mining or agriculture and is not intended for use on any road repairable at the public expense.”.

Amendment of paragraph 4

4. Paragraph 4 of the principal Order is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “section 27(1)” in sub‑paragraph (a), the words “or (1A)”.

Amendment of paragraph 5

5. Paragraph 5 of the principal Order is amended by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (3), the following sub‑paragraph:

“(4) The exemptions under paragraph 3(d) and (da) are each subject to the condition that the vehicle is a conveyance specified in a licence that —

(a)	is granted under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 authorising its use to provide a licensable healthcare service specified in that licence; and
(b)	is in force (ignoring any suspension thereof).”.

[G.N. Nos. S 9/2001; S 95/2007; S 367/2012; S 649/2015; S 731/2017; S 255/2019]

Made on 28 December 2021.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.27.13.03.0.40 ; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2020/46 Vol. 1]

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