Singapore legislation
Section 67
Section 67
Regulations
(1)
The Authority, with the approval of the Minister, may make regulations necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2)
In particular, the Authority may make regulations for any of the following matters:
the construction, equipment and accessories of bicycles, PABs, personal mobility devices, motorised wheelchairs and mobility scooters for use on public paths or for registration under Part 3A, including —
the lights to be carried by bicycles, PABs, personal mobility devices, motorised wheelchairs and mobility scooters including the nature of such lights, the positions in which they must be fixed and the periods during which they must be lighted or otherwise; and
the number and kind of brakes, bells, horns or other warning instruments to be fitted to bicycles, PABs, personal mobility devices, motorised wheelchairs and mobility scooters of any particular type or description;
a ban on the use on public paths of bicycles, PABs, personal mobility devices, motorised wheelchairs and mobility scooters in prescribed circumstances, being circumstances which may cause annoyance or danger to users of public paths;
a maximum speed for public paths of any type or description;
the precedence to be observed on public paths as between traffic proceeding in the same direction, or in opposite directions, or when crossing, and otherwise;
the behaviour of pedestrians and riders of bicycles, power‑assisted bicycles, personal mobility devices and mobility scooters, and drivers of motorised wheelchairs, on public paths;
the language, script and symbols for any sign or marking for public paths;
the records that are to be kept by persons who sell or repair personal mobility devices in the course of business for the purposes of Part 4 and the reporting of such sale or repairs to the Authority;
the form and minimum dimensions of a warning notice for the purposes of section 31, the text of such a notice and the manner of the display in premises;
the fees to be paid in connection with the administration of this Act, and the waiver, reduction or refund of fees charged;
the requirements and procedure for the registration of a registrable personal mobility device and the maintenance of the registrable PMD register, including —
the qualifications for a person to be registered as a responsible person for a registrable personal mobility device, which may include a minimum age; and
the circumstances and procedure for transferring the registration of a registrable personal mobility device to another registered responsible person;
the procedure for applying to cancel the registration of a registrable personal mobility device;
the size, shape and character of the registration marks and identification marks required to be fixed on any registrable personal mobility device, and the manner in which those marks must be secured, sealed or displayed on a registrable personal mobility device;
prohibitions or restrictions against forging, tampering or unauthorised alteration of any registration mark or identification mark required by this Act to be fixed or displayed on a registrable personal mobility device;
the nature of tests of competence to drive or ride on public paths test‑needed‑to‑drive vehicles, the administration of the tests of competence, and evidence of the result of attending and successfully completing any such test;
the conduct of examinations and assessments of vehicles under Division 2 of Part 4 and the process of applying for the issue of a certificate under section 35C, including —
the specification of standards of design, construction, manufacture, maintenance, processing, testing, supply, approval, and identification of such vehicle and products used in connection with these vehicles;
the tests to be conducted;
the format of reports of examinations and assessments by designated examiners, including the specification of information required in all reports of designated examiners for the purposes of Division 2 of Part 4; and
the keeping of records for, and provision of information to, the Authority of examinations and assessments carried out for the purposes of Division 2 of Part 4;
the records that are to be kept by any person to whom section 58A applies, about employees and outworkers whom the person engages or employs to drive or ride on any public path, and the insurance policies relating to these employees or outworkers which are required by that section.
(3)
Regulations made under this section may —
prescribe the offences under this Act that may be compounded;
provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both; and
provide for such saving, transitional and other consequential, incidental and supplemental provisions as is necessary or expedient.
(4)
All regulations made under this section are to be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.