Active Mobility (Amendment) Regulations 2019

No. S 69

Active Mobility Act 2017

(ACT 3 OF 2017)

Active Mobility
(Amendment) Regulations 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 67(1) 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) Regulations 2019 and come into operation on 1 February 2019.

New regulation 3C

2. The Active Mobility Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 251/2018) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 3B, the following regulation:

“Non-compliant mobility vehicle

3C. For the purposes of the definition of “non-compliant mobility vehicle” in section 2(1) of the Act, a mobility scooter or a motorised wheelchair is a non‑compliant mobility vehicle if the maximum speed it is capable of reaching under any circumstances exceeds 10 kilometres per hour.”.

Amendment of regulation 5

3. Regulation 5 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “15 kilometres” and substituting the words “10 kilometres”.

New regulation 13A

4. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 13, the following regulation:

“Conduct when approaching road crossings

13A.—(1) Every rider of a bicycle, PAB or PMD, or driver of a mobility vehicle —

(a)	when approaching a bicycle crossing, pedestrian crossing or zebra crossing, from a public path, must proceed at such speed as will enable him or her to stop his or her bicycle, PAB, PMD or mobility vehicle (as the case may be) before reaching the crossing; and
(b)	when at the bicycle crossing, pedestrian crossing or zebra crossing, must stop and look for on‑coming traffic before using that crossing.

(2) Every cyclist, mobility vehicle user and PMD rider —

(a)

when approaching an informal crossing, or an entrance or exit to a car park, from a public path, must proceed at such speed as will enable him or her to stop his or her bicycle, PAB, PMD or mobility vehicle before reaching the informal crossing or exit or entrance, as the case may be; and

(b)

when at the informal crossing, or the entrance or exit to a car park, must —

(i)	stop and look for on‑coming traffic before using that crossing or crossing the exit or entrance; and
(ii)	give way to any motor vehicle or stream of vehicles immediately approaching him or her (whether from his or her right or offside or left or near side) or leaving or entering the car park.

(3) In this regulation —

“bicycle crossing” has the meaning given by the Road Traffic (Bicycle Crossing) Rules (Cap. 276, R 36);

“informal crossing” means any part of a road that —

(a)	is established by a person other than the Authority for the use of a cyclist, mobility vehicle user, PMD rider or pedestrian in order to cross the road; but
(b)	is not indicated by traffic signs, signals or road markings;

“mobility vehicle” means a mobility scooter or a motorised wheelchair;

“pedestrian crossing” and “zebra crossing” have the meanings respectively given by the Road Traffic (Pedestrian Crossings) Rules (Cap. 276, R 24).”.

Amendment of regulation 14

5. Regulation 14 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “or 13” and substituting the words “, 13 or 13A”.

[G.N. No. S 909/2018]

Made on 31 January 2019.

RICHARD LIM CHERNG YIH

Deputy Chairman,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/L18.056.002/DVT/DT/AMAP1; AG/LEGIS/SL/2C/2015/4 Vol. 2]

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

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