Active Mobility (CWA Giving Week — Exemption) Order 2019

No. S 797

Active Mobility Act 2017

(ACT 3 OF 2017)

Active Mobility
(CWA Giving Week — Exemption)
Order 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 66 of the Active Mobility Act 2017, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:

Citation

1. This Order is the Active Mobility (CWA Giving Week — Exemption) Order 2019.

Definitions

2. In this Order —

“CWA Giving Week” means the event known as Cycling Without Age Singapore Giving Week conducted on the footpaths and shared paths specified in the Schedule from 9.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and from 2.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on 6 December 2019;

“organiser” means the company incorporated under the Companies Act (Cap. 50) as Cycling Without Age Singapore Ltd. (UEN 201714757N);

“specified e‑trishaw” means a three‑wheeled pedal cycle that —

(a)	is constructed or adapted for the carriage of passengers;
(b)	is equipped with an electric motor;
(c)	may be propelled by human power or by the electric motor with which it is equipped, or by both; and
(d)	is used by the organiser for the purpose of CWA Giving Week.

Exemption for driver of specified e‑trishaw

3. Sections 16(1)(b) and 17(1) of the Act do not apply to an individual who drives a specified e‑trishaw on any footpath or shared path specified in the Schedule under the following conditions:

(a)

the individual has completed a training course conducted by the organiser on how to drive an e‑trishaw and is authorised by the organiser to drive the specified e‑trishaw;

(b)

the specified e‑trishaw is driven only during and in connection with CWA Giving Week;

(c)

the specified e‑trishaw is only used to carry, for their leisure, passengers who are elderly, unable to walk or have difficulty in walking;

(d)

the specified e‑trishaw is not used to carry passengers for hire or reward;

(e)

the individual who drives the specified e‑trishaw must —

(i)	not drive at a speed exceeding 10 km/h;
(ii)	give way to other users of the footpath or shared path;
(iii)	not carry, at any time, more than 2 passengers;
(iv)	drive with all passengers on the specified e‑trishaw safely secured; and
(v)	maintain a distance of at least 100 metres from any other specified e‑trishaw on the footpath or shared path;

(f)

no more than 4 other specified e‑trishaws are used at any time on all of the footpaths and shared paths specified in the Schedule;

(g)

the specified e‑trishaw is accompanied by a safety marshal who ensures the safe use of the specified e‑trishaw;

(h)

there is in force, at any time the specified e‑trishaw is used in connection with CWA Giving Week, a policy of insurance in relation to the specified e‑trishaw insuring against any liability in respect of the death of or bodily injury sustained by any person (other than the driver or any passenger of the specified e‑trishaw), or property damage suffered by that person, caused by or arising out of the use of the specified e‑trishaw.

Made on 21 November 2019.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.443.5.051.0.4; AG/LEGIS/SL/2C/2015/22 Vol. 1]

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