Road Traffic (Power-Assisted Bicycles — Exemption) Order 2021

No. S 632

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Power-Assisted Bicycles — Exemption)
Order 2021

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 (Power-Assisted Bicycles — Exemption) Order 2021 and comes into operation on 24 August 2021.

Exemption for registered and type-approved power‑assisted bicycles

2. Sections 10A, 11, 11AA, 11A, 13, 19, 28, 28A and 29 of the Act do not apply in respect of a power‑assisted bicycle that —

(a)	is registered under the Road Traffic (Registration of Power‑Assisted Bicycles) Rules 2017 (G.N. No. S 451/2017);
(b)	complies with the requirements specified in the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Power‑Assisted Bicycles — Approval) Rules 2004 (G.N. No. S 768/2004); and
(c)	is approved and sealed in accordance with the Road Traffic (Power‑Assisted Bicycles — Approval) Rules 2004.

Exemption for imported non-compliant power‑assisted bicycles

3.—(1) The respective requirements —

(a)	to register under section 10(1) of the Act; and
(b)	to comply with the specified requirements and be approved and sealed by an authorised examiner in accordance with the Road Traffic (Power‑Assisted Bicycles — Approval) Rules 2004,

do not apply to the keeping (not including use) of a relevant non‑compliant small motorised vehicle.

(2) The requirement for a licence in section 29(1) of the Act does not apply to the possession (not including use) of a relevant non‑compliant small motorised vehicle.

(3) In this paragraph, a relevant non‑compliant small motorised vehicle means a non‑compliant small motorised vehicle the import of which is authorised by an import approval granted under the Small Motorised Vehicles (Safety) Act 2020 (Act 25 of 2020) for a permissible purpose as defined in regulation 8(4) of the Small Motorised Vehicles (Safety) Regulations 2021 (G.N. No. S 404/2021).

Revocation

4. The Road Traffic (Power-Assisted Bicycles) (Exemption from Certain Part I Provisions) Order 2017 (G.N. No. S 453/2017) is revoked.

Made on 20 August 2021.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.443.5.051.0.6; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/34 Vol. 1]

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