Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Lighting) (Amendment) Rules 2003

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 13 Jun 2003

No. S 292

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Lighting) (Amendment) Rules 2003

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

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Lighting) (Amendment) Rules 2003 and shall come into operation on 13th June 2003.

New rule 23

2. The Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Lighting) Rules (R 10) are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 22, the following rule:

“Fog lamp on vehicle

23.—(1) Except as permitted by this rule, no fog lamp may be fitted to a motor vehicle.

(2) Subject to this rule, any motor vehicle may be fitted with one or both of the following:

(a)

a matched pair of front fog lamps;

(b)

either —

(i)	a single rear fog lamp; or
(ii)	a matched pair of rear fog lamps.

(3) A fog lamp fitted to a motor vehicle shall not be lit —

(a)	at any time other than in conditions of seriously reduced visibility; or
(b)	in a manner as to cause undue dazzle or discomfort to other persons using the road.

(4) A matched pair of fog lamps fitted to a motor vehicle shall have a lateral position of not less than 600 millimetres between the centre of both lamps.

(5) A fog lamp shall —

(a)	be fitted to a motor vehicle in such a manner as to comply with regulation 48 (Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Vehicles with Regard to the Installation of Lighting and Light-signalling Devices) of Addendum 47 to the Agreement;
(b)	in the case of a front fog lamp, comply with regulation 19 (Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Motor Vehicle Front Fog Lamps) of Addendum 18 to the Agreement; and
(c)	in the case of a rear fog lamp, comply with regulation 38 (Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Rear Fog Lamps For Power-Driven Vehicles and their Trailers) of Addendum 37 to the Agreement.

(6) Every fog lamp retrofitted to a motor vehicle shall be constructed and fitted in accordance with the standard approved by the Registrar for this purpose.

(7) In this rule —

“Agreement” means the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Agreement Concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be Fitted and/or be Used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these Prescriptions, formerly known as the Agreement Concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions of Approval and Reciprocal Recognition of Approval for Motor Vehicle Equipment and Parts, done at Geneva on 20th March 1958;

“front fog lamp” means a lamp used to improve the illumination of the road in front of a motor vehicle in conditions of seriously reduced visibility;

“rear fog lamp” means a lamp used to render a motor vehicle more readily visible from the rear in conditions of seriously reduced visibility.”.

[G.N. No. S 422/97]

Made this 5th day of June 2003.

MICHAEL LIM CHOO SAN

Chairman,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/ KM/L019.007.00; AG/LEG/SL/276/2002/9 Vol. 1]

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

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