Active Mobility (Olympic Esports Week Community Activations — Exemption) Order 2023

No. S 288

Active Mobility Act 2017

Active Mobility
(Olympic Esports Week Community
Activations — Exemption) Order 2023

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 (Olympic Esports Week Community Activations — Exemption) Order 2023.

(2) This Order is in force for the period between 26 May 2023 and 15 June 2025 (both dates inclusive).

Definitions

2. In this Order —

“hours of darkness” means the time starting 7 p.m. and ending 7 a.m. the following day, both times inclusive;

“specified event” means the Olympic Esports Week Community Activations event organised by Mailman Pte. Ltd. (UEN 201910092K) and Unicom Event Marketing International Pte. Ltd. (UEN 201628304Z) from —

(a)	26 May 2023 to 28 May 2023 (both dates inclusive) on or around the specified footpath in Map 1 set out in the Schedule;
(b)	29 May 2023 to 1 June 2023 (both dates inclusive) on or around the specified footpath in Map 2 set out in the Schedule; and
(c)	4 June 2023 to 15 June 2023 (both dates inclusive) on or around the specified footpath in Map 3 set out in the Schedule;

“specified footpath” means any footpath delineated by a black‑coloured line in each map set out in the Schedule;

“specified motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle other than any of 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.

Exemption for driving specified motor vehicle

3. Section 16(1)(b) of the Act does not apply to an individual who drives a specified motor vehicle on a specified footpath during the specified event under the following conditions:

(a)

the individual is authorised by Mailman Pte. Ltd. or Unicom Event Marketing International Pte. Ltd. to drive the specified motor vehicle to transport any individual or thing in connection with the specified event;

(b)

the individual 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 who drives the specified motor vehicle must drive at a speed not exceeding 10 km/h;

(d)

the individual, when driving the specified motor vehicle, must give way to other users of the specified footpath;

(e)

during hours of darkness, the individual must keep the specified motor vehicle lit in a manner that is visible to other users of the specified footpath;

(f)

there is in force, at any time the specified motor vehicle is driven in connection with 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;

(g)

the risk under the policy of insurance mentioned in sub‑paragraph (f) is assumed by an insurer who, at the time the policy is issued, is lawfully carrying on an insurance business in Singapore.

Made on 23 May 2023.

LAI WEI LIN

Permanent Secretary
(Transport Development),
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/L18.056.002/DH/SL/EO.OEW.23.01; AG/LEGIS/SL/2C/2020/1 Vol. 12]

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