Road Traffic (Patient Isolation Transport Vehicle — Exemption) Order 2020

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Jun 2020

No. S 510

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Patient Isolation Transport Vehicle —
Exemption) Order 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 142 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Road Traffic (Patient Isolation Transport Vehicle — Exemption) Order 2020 and comes into operation on 30 June 2020.

Definitions

2. In this Order —

“body‑restraining seat belt” has the meaning given by rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Seat Belts) Rules (R 15);

“Director” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Infectious Diseases Act (Cap. 137);

“first responder” means an individual who provides emergency response, first aid care or other medically related assistance either in the course of the individual’s occupational duties or as a volunteer;

“infectious disease” means any of the diseases specified in the First Schedule to the Infectious Diseases Act and includes any other disease —

(a)	that is caused or is suspected to be caused by a micro‑organism or any agent of disease;
(b)	that is capable or is suspected to be capable of transmission by any means to human beings; and
(c)	that the Director has reason to believe, if left uninvestigated or unchecked, is likely to result in an epidemic of the disease;

“lap belt” has the meaning given by rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Seat Belts) Rules;

“Patient Isolation Transport Vehicle” means a goods vehicle bearing any of the following chassis numbers:

(a)	JTFST22P200040173;
(b)	JTFST22P100040164;
(c)	JTFST22P400040188;
(d)	JTFST22P100040195;
(e)	JTFST22P100040181.

Exemption

3.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), section 126 of the Act and the Road Traffic (Carriage of Persons in Goods Vehicles) Rules 2010 (G.N. No. S 663/2010) do not apply to or in relation to a Patient Isolation Transport Vehicle that carries —

(a)	an individual who is, or is suspected to be, infected with an infectious disease;
(b)	a medical practitioner, nurse, paramedic or first responder when the Patient Isolation Transport Vehicle is used to respond to a request to transport an individual mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a); or
(c)	an individual accompanying the individual mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a).

(2) Sub‑paragraph (1) does not apply to or in relation to a Patient Isolation Transport Vehicle unless the Patient Isolation Transport Vehicle is equipped with a body‑restraining seat belt or a lap belt for each rear seat passenger.

Made on 29 June 2020.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.271.51.01.4; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2020/2 Vol. 1]

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