Road Traffic (Approved Helmets) Notification 1999

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 25 Feb 1999

No. S 82

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic (Approved Helmets) Notification 1999

It is hereby notified for general information that, for the purposes of section 74(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic Act, the protective helmet —

(a)	to be worn on the head of every person who drives or is carried on a motor cycle; or
(b)	to be sold or offered for sale or had in possession for sale,

shall, with effect from 1st March 1999, be of the following type approved by the Minister for Home Affairs:

(i)	it shall conform to the requirements of the Singapore Standard Specification S.S. 9:1992 (UDC 614.891: 629.047: 687.4:629.113) as published by the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board ; and
(ii)	it shall bear the PSB CERTIFICATION MARK, or the PSB BATCH INSPECTED label, of the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board unless the mark or the label is worn out through wear and tear.

2. Notification (N 5) is cancelled.

Dated this 23rd day of February 1999.

PETER CHAN JER HING

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[TP 5.1.8.1CF Vol. 4; AG/LEG/SL/276/97/16 Vol. 1]

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