Active Mobility (Thaipusam 2024 — Exemption) Order 2024

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 23 Jan 2024

No. S 29

Active Mobility Act 2017

Active Mobility
(Thaipusam 2024 — 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

1. This Order is the Active Mobility (Thaipusam 2024 — Exemption) Order 2024.

Definitions

2. In this Order —

“Chettiars’ Temple Society” means the society registered under the Societies Act 1966 as Chettiars’ Temple Society (UEN T04SS0015B);

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

“specified event” means the Thaipusam 2024 event organised by Chettiars’ Temple Society on 24 January 2024;

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

“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;
(h)	a forklift;
(i)	a lorry crane.

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 the specified footpath during the specified event under the following conditions:

(a)

the individual is authorised by Chettiars’ Temple Society to drive the specified motor vehicle to transport any individual or thing in connection with the specified event;

(b)

the specified motor vehicle is driven only for the purpose specified in sub‑paragraph (a);

(c)

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

(d)

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;

(e)

during hours of darkness, the individual keeps 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 12 January 2024.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/L18.056.002/DH/PSL/EO.Thaipusam.24.01.; AG/LEGIS/SL/2C/2020/1 Vol. 1]

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