Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
Regulation 4
Exemption for individual who takes manual control of specified vehicle on instruction of another individual
Section 16(1)(b) of the Act does not apply to an individual (X) who takes manual control of a specified vehicle that is moving on a specified footpath, under all of the following conditions:
X is authorised by Chye Thiam to take manual control of the vehicle on the instruction of another individual (Y) who is in turn authorised by Chye Thiam to —
monitor the vehicle’s movements and its surroundings from a remote location while the vehicle is moving on the specified footpath; and
instruct X, from a remote location, to take manual control of the vehicle when there is a failure of its autonomous system or any other emergency that requires immediate action;
the taking of manual control of the vehicle is carried out on the instruction of Y or is otherwise necessitated by such failure or emergency;
the common conditions in paragraph 7 are satisfied.