Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) (Amendment) Rules 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 05 Mar 2021

No. S 141

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use)
(Amendment) Rules 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) (Amendment) Rules 2021 and come into operation on 8 March 2021.

Amendment of rule 20

2. Rule 20 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules (R 9) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “one mirror” in paragraph (1)(a), the words “or one device for indirect vision”;

(b)

by deleting the words “become aware of” in paragraph (1)(a) and (b) and substituting in each case the words “observe the”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “one mirror fitted internally” in paragraph (1)(b), the words “or one device for indirect vision,”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (4), the following paragraph:

“(5) A device for indirect vision fitted to a motor vehicle under paragraph (1) must —

(a)

be securely attached to the motor vehicle to ensure that the device for indirect vision remains steady under normal driving conditions;

(b)

be mounted on the motor vehicle in a position that ensures that the device for indirect vision is sufficiently isolated from vibrations;

(c)

be adjustable and able to maintain its adjusted position; and

(d)

be constructed and fitted in compliance with —

(i)	the requirements relating to devices for indirect vision in the version of UN Regulation 46 that is in force on the day the motor vehicle is manufactured; or
(ii)	the requirements relating to devices for indirect vision in the version of Japanese Article 44 that is in force on the day the motor vehicle is manufactured.”; and

(e)

by deleting the rule heading and substituting the following rule heading:

“Mirrors and devices for indirect vision”.

[G.N. Nos. S 7/2001; S 431/2001; S 271/2002; S 771/2004; S 5/2005; S 127/2005; S 83/2006; S 401/2009; S 664/2010; S 1/2012; S 195/2014; S 101/2015; S 103/2015; S 637/2016; S 465/2017; S 56/2018; S 467/2019; S 207/2020; S 661/2020]

Made on 4 March 2021.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

Chairman,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/L18.029.002/AP/DT/MVCU.21.01; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2020/13 Vol. 1]

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

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