Road Traffic (Restriction of Speed on Roads) Notification 2006

No. S 729

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Restriction of Speed on Roads) Notification 2006

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 63(2) of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Notification:

Citation and commencement

1. This Notification may be cited as the Road Traffic (Restriction of Speed on Roads) Notification 2006 and shall come into operation on 29th December 2006.

Speed limits on roads

2. The speed of all motor vehicles travelling along any road shall not exceed —

(a)	in the case of the roads or parts thereof set out in the First to Fifth Schedules, the speed specified in those Schedules; and
(b)	in any other case, 50 kilometres per hour.

Application to certain vehicles

3. This Notification shall not apply to —

(a)	any fire engine used for the purpose of extinguishing fires, of preserving life and property in case of fire or of aiding or rescuing persons in danger, or in case of an accident;
(b)	any ambulance used for the purpose of aiding or rescuing persons in danger, or in case of an accident; or
(c)	any motor vehicle owned by the Government and used by the Singapore Police Force or the Singapore Civil Defence Force for the purpose of executing the functions of the Singapore Police Force or the Singapore Civil Defence Force, as the case may be,

if compliance with this Notification is likely to hinder the use of the fire engine, ambulance or motor vehicle for the purpose for which it is being used.

Cancellation

4. The Restriction of Speed (Roads) Notification (N 6) is cancelled.

Made this 28th day of December 2006.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA(PS) 112/2/033 TF 11; AG/LEG/SL/276/2005/4 Vol. 1]

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