Active Mobility (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2020

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 15 Jun 2020

No. S 466

Active Mobility Act 2017

(ACT 3 OF 2017)

Active Mobility
(Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 67 of the Active Mobility Act 2017, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Active Mobility (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 15 June 2020.

Amendment of regulation 3B

2. Regulation 3B of the Active Mobility Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 251/2018) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “further power assistance when the PAB attains a speed of 25 km/h or more” in paragraph (1)(e)(i) and substituting the words “power assistance when the speed of the PAB reaches or exceeds 25 km/h”;

(b)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (e) of paragraph (2) and substituting the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(e)

for a PAB which complies with the requirements specified in Part 1 of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Power‑Assisted Bicycles — Approval) Rules 2004 (G.N. No. S 768/2004) when the PAB is approved and sealed by an authorised examiner under those Rules, the PAB’s electric motor is designed so as to —

(i)	stop providing power assistance when the speed of the PAB reaches or exceeds 25 km/h; and
(ii)	reduce and stop providing power assistance when the rider of the PAB stops pedalling;

(ea)

for a PAB which complies with the requirements specified in Part 2 of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Power‑Assisted Bicycles — Approval) Rules 2004 when the PAB is approved and sealed by an authorised examiner under those Rules, the PAB’s electric motor is designed so as to —

(i)

progressively reduce power assistance as the speed of the PAB approaches the lower of the following:

(A)	25 km/h;
(B)	the speed at which the PAB’s electric motor is designed to stop providing power assistance;

(ii)

stop providing power assistance when the speed of the PAB reaches or exceeds the lower of the following:

(A)	25 km/h;
(B)	the speed at which the PAB’s electric motor is designed to stop providing power assistance; and

(iii)

reduce and stop providing power assistance when the rider of the PAB stops pedalling;”;

(c)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (g) of paragraph (2);

(d)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (i) of paragraph (2) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(i)	the PAB must not be equipped with any throttle or start‑up assistance feature.”;

(e)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (e) of paragraph (3) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(e)

the PAB’s electric motor is designed so as to —

(i)

progressively reduce power assistance as the speed of the PAB approaches the lower of the following:

(A)	25 km/h;
(B)	the speed at which the PAB’s electric motor is designed to stop providing power assistance;

(ii)

stop providing power assistance when the speed of the PAB reaches or exceeds the lower of the following:

(A)	25 km/h;
(B)	the speed at which the PAB’s electric motor is designed to stop providing power assistance; and

(iii)

reduce and stop providing power assistance when the rider of the PAB stops pedalling;”;

(f)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (h) of paragraph (3) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(h)	the PAB must not be equipped with any throttle or start‑up assistance feature.”; and

(g)

by deleting the definition of “EN 15194” in paragraph (4) and substituting the following definition:

“ “EN 15194” means —

(a)	the European Standard EN 15194:2009+A1:2011 titled “Cycles — Electrically power assisted cycles — EPAC Bicycles” approved by the European Committee for Standardization (called in this definition CEN) on 22 November 2008 but does not include clause 4.2.4.3 in EN 15194:2009+A1:2011, and as amended by Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 8 October 2011; or
(b)	the European Standard EN 15194:2017 titled “Cycles — Electrically power assisted cycles — EPAC Bicycles” approved by CEN on 28 May 2017 but does not include clause 4.2.12 in EN 15194:2017;”.

[G.N. Nos. S 909/2018; S 69/2019; S 474/2019; S 545/2019; S 670/2019; S 732/2019; S 242/2020]

Made on 12 June 2020.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

Chairman,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/L18.056.002/EE/20.AMR2; AG/LEGIS/SL/2C/2020/10 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 67(4) of the Active Mobility Act 2017).

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