Active Mobility (National Parks Board — Exemption) Order 2020

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No. S 442

Active Mobility Act 2017

(ACT 3 OF 2017)

Active Mobility
(National Parks Board — Exemption)
Order 2020

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

Citation and period in force

1.—(1) This Order is the Active Mobility (National Parks Board — Exemption) Order 2020.

(2) This Order is in force for 4 years starting 8 June 2020.

[S 471/2022 wef 08/06/2022]

Definitions

2. In this Order —

“emergency” means an actual or imminent event that causes, or threatens to cause —

(a)	any harm or danger to the life, health or safety of any individual;
(b)	any destruction of, or damage to, any property; or
(c)	any harm or danger to the health or safety of the public;

“National Parks Board” means the National Parks Board established by the repealed National Parks Act (Cap. 198A, 1991 Ed.) in force before 1 July 1996 and continued by section 3 of the National Parks Board Act (Cap. 198A);

“specified event” means any event that is —

(a)	open to the public or a section of the public; and
(b)	conducted on land vested in or under the control or management of the National Parks Board;

“specified motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle other than any of the following:

(a)	a motorised personal mobility device;
(b)	a power‑assisted bicycle;
(c)	a motorised wheelchair;
(d)	a mobility scooter;
(e)	an automatic detection device that has wheels, a motor and is constructed to drive itself;
(f)	a robotic machine designed to move and operate independently of human control when the computer that controls it is programmed;
(g)	a motor vehicle that is constructed to drive itself;

“specified public path” means any public path on land vested in or under the control or management of the National Parks Board;

“specified purpose” means any of the following purposes:

(a)

to transport any individual or thing in connection with a specified event;

(b)

to transport any individual or thing in connection with any maintenance works;

(c)

to transport any individual or thing in connection with the exercise of any power under —

(i)	the Act;
(ii)	the Animals and Birds Act (Cap. 7);
(iii)	the Control of Plants Act (Cap. 57A);
(iv)	the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act (Cap. 92A);
(v)	the Parks and Trees Act (Cap. 216); or
(vi)	the Wildlife Act (Cap. 351);

(d)

to carry out maintenance works;

(e)

to respond to an emergency.

Exemption for driver of specified motor vehicle

3. Sections 15(1), 16(1)(b) and 17(1) of the Act do not apply to an individual who drives a specified motor vehicle on a specified public path for a specified purpose, under the following conditions:

(a)

the individual is authorised by the National Parks Board to drive the specified motor vehicle for the specified purpose;

(b)

the individual, when driving the specified motor vehicle —

(i)	does not exceed a speed of 10 km/h unless responding to an emergency; and
(ii)	gives way to other users of the public path;

(c)

the individual possesses a valid driving licence granted under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) Rules (Cap. 276, R 27) authorising the individual to drive the class of the specified motor vehicle;

(d)

there is in force a policy of insurance in relation to the specified motor vehicle insuring against any liability in respect of the death of or bodily injury sustained by any person, or property damage suffered by any person, caused by or arising out of the use of the specified motor vehicle;

(e)

the risk under the policy of insurance mentioned in sub‑paragraph (d) is assumed by an insurer who, at the time of the issuance of the policy, is lawfully carrying on an insurance business in Singapore.

Revocation

4. The Active Mobility (Jurong Lake Gardens Trial — Exemption) Order 2020 (G.N. No. S 14/2020) is revoked.

Made on 5 June 2020.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.443.5.051.0.5; LTA/L18.056.002/DW/NPBEO.20.01; AG/LEGIS/SL/2C/2020/1 Vol. 1]

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