No. S 18
Active Mobility Act 2017
Active Mobility
(Police Sports Association
Inter Unit Duathlon — Exemption)
Order 2024
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 66 of the Active Mobility Act 2017, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:
Citation and period in force
1.—(1)  This Order is the Active Mobility (Police Sports Association Inter Unit Duathlon — Exemption) Order 2024.
(2)  This Order is in force on 4 January 2024 and 5 January 2024.
Definitions
2.  In this Order —
“emergency” means an actual or imminent event that causes, or threatens to cause —
(a)any harm or danger to the life, health or safety of any individual;
(b)any destruction of, or damage to, any property; or
(c)any harm or danger to the health or safety of the public;
“specified event” means the Police Sports Association Inter Unit Duathlon event organised by the Singapore Police Force on 5 January 2024;
“specified motor vehicle” means any motor vehicle other than the following:
(a)a motorised personal mobility device;
(b)a power‑assisted bicycle;
(c)a motorised wheelchair;
(d)a mobility scooter;
(e)an automatic detection device that has wheels and a motor and is constructed to drive itself;
(f)a robotic machine designed to move and operate independently of human control when the computer that controls it is programmed;
(g)a motor vehicle that is constructed to drive itself;
“specified path” means —
(a)any footpath delineated by the black‑coloured line in Map 1 set out in the Schedule; or
(b)any part of the shared path specified in item 51 of the Third Schedule to the Active Mobility (Shared Paths) Order 2018 (G.N. No. S 260/2018) delineated by the black‑coloured line in Map 2 set out in the Schedule.
Exemption for riding bicycle
3.  Section 21(1)(a) of the Act does not apply to an individual who rides a bicycle on a specified path during the specified event under the following conditions:
(a)the individual is registered with the Singapore Police Force as a participant of the specified event;
(b)there is in force, at any time the bicycle is ridden in connection with the specified event, a policy of insurance in relation to the bicycle insuring against any liability in respect of —
(i)the death of or bodily injury sustained by any person (other than the rider of the bicycle); and
(ii)any property damage suffered by any person (other than the rider of the bicycle),
caused by or arising out of the use of the bicycle;
(c)the risk under the policy of insurance mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b) is assumed by an insurer who, at the time the policy is issued, is lawfully carrying on an insurance business in Singapore.
Exemption for driving specified motor vehicle
4.  Sections 16(1)(b) and 17(1) of the Act do not apply to an individual who drives a specified motor vehicle on a specified path for the purpose of the specified event under the following conditions:
(a)the individual is authorised by the Singapore Police Force to drive the specified motor vehicle;
(b)the individual who drives the specified motor vehicle possesses a valid driving licence granted under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) Rules (R 27) authorising the individual to drive the class of the specified motor vehicle;
(c)the individual, when driving the specified motor vehicle —
(i)must drive at a speed not exceeding 10 km/h unless responding to an emergency; and
(ii)must give way to other users of the specified path;
(d)the specified motor vehicle is lit in a manner that is visible to other users of the specified path from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.;
(e)there is in force, at any time the specified motor vehicle is used for the purpose of the specified event, a policy of insurance in relation to the specified motor vehicle insuring against any liability in respect of —
(i)the death of or bodily injury sustained by any person (other than the driver or any passenger of the specified motor vehicle); and
(ii)any property damage suffered by any person (other than the driver or any passenger of the specified motor vehicle),
caused by or arising out of the use of the specified motor vehicle;
(f)the risk under the policy of insurance mentioned in sub‑paragraph (e) is assumed by an insurer who, at the time the policy is issued, is lawfully carrying on an insurance business in Singapore.
Made on 26 December 2023.
LOH NGAI SENG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.
[LTA/L18.056.002/DH/PSL/EO.PSAIUD.24.01; AG/LEGIS/SL/2C/2020/1 Vol. 12]
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