Active Mobility (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2020

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 01 Dec 2020

No. S 982

Active Mobility Act 2017

(ACT 3 OF 2017)

Active Mobility
(Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 67 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 No. 4) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 2 December 2020.

New regulations 15 and 16

2. The Active Mobility Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. S 251/2018) are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 14, the following regulations:

“Prescribed business required to maintain insurance

15. A prescribed business for the purpose of section 58A of the Act is —

(a)

a business the primary purpose of which is to carry out any trade, profession or vocation for gain or profit; or

(b)

a business the primary function of which is to provide a service, supply goods or carry on an activity other than —

(i)	for a charitable or philanthropic purpose; or
(ii)	as part of the undertaking of the Government or a public authority constituted under a public Act to discharge a public function.

Mandatory or proscribed terms of insurance

16.—(1) For the purpose of section 58A(1) of the Act, $200,000 per claim is the minimum amount of insurance prescribed in relation to each individual mentioned in section 58A(1)(a) or (b) of the Act.

(2) An “approved policy” as defined in section 58A(4) of the Act is a policy of insurance that insures the person in sub‑paragraph (a), or persons in sub‑paragraphs (a) and (b), as follows:

(a)

any individual (called the insured individual) mentioned in section 58A(1)(a) or (b) of the Act who drives or rides a bicycle, personal mobility device, power‑assisted bicycle, motorised wheelchair or mobility scooter on any public path, against the risk of liability for death or personal injury caused by an accident that involves the individual driving or riding a bicycle, personal mobility device, power‑assisted bicycle, motorised wheelchair or mobility scooter (as the case may be) on any public path;

(b)

anyone else who is vicariously liable for an insured individual driving or riding a bicycle, personal mobility device, power‑assisted bicycle, motorised wheelchair or mobility scooter on any public path for death or personal injury caused by an accident that involves the individual driving or riding a bicycle, personal mobility device, power‑assisted bicycle, motorised wheelchair or mobility scooter (as the case may be) on any public path.

(3) An “approved policy” as defined in section 58A(4) of the Act must not contain any limit on the insurance coverage as follows:

(a)

in respect of an accident involving an insured individual who is lawfully carrying goods at the time of the accident;

(b)

in respect of an accident involving a bicycle, personal mobility device, power‑assisted bicycle, motorised wheelchair or mobility scooter only because it is —

(i)	not owned by the insured individual; or
(ii)	not registered in the name of the insured individual but is otherwise lawfully registered as required by law;

(c)

that requires an insured individual to bear more than $500 per claim for death or personal injury caused by an accident that involves the insured individual driving or riding a bicycle, personal mobility device, power‑assisted bicycle, motorised wheelchair or mobility scooter (as the case may be) on any public path.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 909/2018; S 69/2019; S 474/2019; S 545/2019; S 670/2019; S 732/2019; S 242/2020; S 466/2020; S 645/2020]

Made on 1 December 2020.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

Chairman,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/L18.056.002/DW/20.AMR4; AG/LEGIS/SL/2C/2020/10 Vol. 1]

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

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