Active Mobility (Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2023 — Exemption) Order 2023

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No. S 760

Active Mobility Act 2017

Active Mobility
(Standard Chartered Singapore
Marathon 2023 — Exemption) Order 2023

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 (Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2023 — Exemption) Order 2023.

(2) This Order is in force for the period between 27 November 2023 and 4 December 2023 (both dates inclusive).

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;

“hours of darkness” means the time starting 7 p.m. and ending 7 a.m. the following day;

“specified event” means the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2023 event organised by Ironman (Asia) Pte. Ltd. (UEN 200312491D) from 1 December 2023 to 3 December 2023 (both dates inclusive);

“specified motor vehicle” means any 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 and 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 path” means any footpath or shared path within the areas bounded by the black-coloured lines in the maps set out in the Schedule.

Exemption for driving specified motor vehicle

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

(a)

the individual is authorised by Ironman (Asia) Pte. Ltd. to drive the specified motor vehicle to transport any individual or thing in connection with the specified event;

(b)

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

(c)

the individual, when driving the specified motor vehicle —

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

(d)

during hours of darkness, the individual must keep the specified motor vehicle lit in a manner that is visible to other users of the specified path;

(e)

there is in force, at any time the specified motor vehicle is used in connection with the specified event, a policy of insurance in relation to the specified motor vehicle insuring against any liability in respect of —

(i)	the death of or bodily injury sustained by any person (other than the driver or any passenger of the specified motor vehicle); and
(ii)	any property damage suffered by any person (other than the driver or any passenger of the specified motor vehicle),

caused by or arising out of the use of the specified motor vehicle;

(f)

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

Made on 21 November 2023.

LAI WEI LIN

Permanent Secretary
(Transport Development),
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/L18.056.002/DH/ALY/EO.SCSM.23.01; AG/LEGIS/SL/2C/2020/1 Vol. 1]

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