Road Traffic (Bicycles) (Amendment) Rules 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 14 Oct 2022

No. S 804

Road Traffic Act 1961

Road Traffic
(Bicycles) (Amendment)
Rules 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 140 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Road Traffic (Bicycles) (Amendment) Rules 2022 and come into operation on 16 October 2022.

Amendment of rule 2

2. In rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Bicycles) Rules (R 3) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) —

(a)

before the definition of “hours of darkness”, insert —

“ “full-day bicycle lane” has the meaning given by rule 7(11B) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules (R 33);”; and

(b)

after the definition of “hours of darkness”, insert —

“ “part-day bicycle lane” has the meaning given by rule 7(11AA) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules.”.

Amendment of rule 7

3. In rule 7 of the principal Rules, delete paragraph (6).

Amendment of rule 7A

4. In rule 7A of the principal Rules —

(a)

in paragraph (1), replace “paragraph (2)” with “paragraphs (2) and (2A)”; and

(b)

after paragraph (2), insert —

“(2A) Paragraph (1) does not apply to or in relation to —

(a)	a section of a road that is a full-day bicycle lane; and
(b)	a section of a road that is a part-day bicycle lane, on a Sunday at any time between 5 a.m. and 11 a.m.”.

New rule 7B

5. After rule 7A of the principal Rules, insert —

“Bicycle lanes

7B.—(1) If there is a full-day bicycle lane on a road, a person must not ride a bicycle, power‑assisted bicycle, trishaw or tricycle on a part of the road that is not the full‑day bicycle lane (unless there is a reasonable excuse for the person to do so).

(2) If there is a part-day bicycle lane on a road, a person must not ride a bicycle, power‑assisted bicycle, trishaw or tricycle on a part of the road that is not the part‑day bicycle lane, on a Sunday at any time between 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. (unless there is a reasonable excuse for the person to do so).”.

[G.N. Nos. S 773/2004; S 273/2018; S 65/2019; S 656/2021; S 1029/2021]

Made on 11 October 2022.

CHEW HOCK YONG

Permanent Secretary
(Home Affairs Development),
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/033; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2020/38 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961).

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