Road Traffic (Car‑Free Weekend — Exemption of Trishaws and Trishaw Riders) Order 2016

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No. S 601

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic (Car‑Free Weekend — Exemption of Trishaws and Trishaw Riders) Order 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 142 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Road Traffic (Car‑Free Weekend — Exemption of Trishaws and Trishaw Riders) Order 2016 and comes into operation on 27 November 2016.

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Exemption

2.—(1) Sections 106, 107, 110 and 120(3) of the Act and rule 63(1)(c) of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules (R 14) do not apply to a trishaw that is registered under rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Registration of Trishaws) Rules (R 40) while it is used on any road that is closed to traffic under an Order made under section 143 of the Act, in connection with Car‑Free Weekend.

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(2) Sections 10, 11(1)(b), 12(1), 15, 26, 29(2), 101, 106, 107 and 110 of the Act do not apply to a trishaw that is not registered under rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Registration of Trishaws) Rules while it is used on a road mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) for the purposes of Car‑Free Weekend.

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(3) Section 110(1)(a) of the Act and rules 31, 33 and 39 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules (R 8) do not apply to an individual riding a trishaw on a road mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) for the purposes of Car‑Free Weekend.

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(4) In this paragraph —

“Car-Free Weekend” means any event known as Car‑Free Sunday or Car‑Free Weekend in respect of which a permit has been granted under section 143 of the Act that is organised by or on behalf of all or any of the following:

(a)	the Authority;
(b)	the Health Promotion Board (established by section 3 of the Health Promotion Board Act 2001);
(c)	the National Arts Council (established by section 3 of the National Arts Council Act 1991);
(d)	the National Parks Board (established under the repealed National Parks Act (Cap. 198A, 1991 Revised Edition) in force before 1 July 1996 and continued by section 3 of the National Parks Board Act 1996);
(e)	the Singapore Sports Council (established by section 3 of the Singapore Sports Council Act 1973);
(f)	the Urban Redevelopment Authority (established by section 3 of the Urban Redevelopment Authority Act 1989);

“trishaw” has the meaning given by rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Bicycles, Three‑wheeled Pedal Cycles, Trishaws and Recumbent Devices — Construction and Use) Rules 2024 (G.N. No. S 157/2024).

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Made on 23 November 2016.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/NN/L18.029.002/CFS.16; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/39 Vol. 1]

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