Clause 11

to enable the use of personal mobility devices on public paths to be regulated for reasons of safety and law enforcement; and

to provide a method of establishing the identity of each personal mobility device which is used on a public path and of the person who is responsible for it.Mandatory registration of registrable personal mobility devices28B.—

Except as otherwise provided by or under this Act, an individual must not ride an unregistered registrable personal mobility device on any footpath or shared path, knowing that, or reckless as to whether, the registrable personal mobility device is unregistered.(2) Except as otherwise provided by or under this Act, a person must not cause or permit an individual to ride an unregistered registrable personal mobility device on any footpath or shared path, knowing that, or reckless as to whether, the registrable personal mobility device is unregistered.(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction as follows:

to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both;

if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.(4) This section applies to the riding of a registrable personal mobility device only on or after a date specified by the Minister by order in the Gazette in relation to the type of that registrable personal mobility device.Registration marks28C.—

Registration of registrable personal mobility devices, and transfer of such registration, may be applied for, and granted or refused by the Authority, only in accordance with the regulations.(2) On registering a registrable personal mobility device, the Authority must —

assign a unique registration code to the registrable personal mobility device so registered; and

issue to the registered responsible person for the registrable personal mobility device a registration mark indicating the unique registration code.Cancellation of registration28D. The Authority may cancel the registration of a registrable personal mobility device if —

the Authority is satisfied that the personal mobility device —

has ceased to be used on any footpath or shared path in Singapore;

has become wholly unfit for further use;

has been forfeited pursuant to this Act or any written law;

is unclaimed for the purposes of section 53 and is disposed of in accordance with that section; or

is a non‑compliant personal mobility device;

the Authority becomes aware of a circumstance that would have required or permitted the Authority to refuse to register the personal mobility device, had it been aware of the circumstance immediately before registering the device; or

the registered responsible person for the registrable personal mobility device applies for the registration of the device to be cancelled.Registrable PMD register28E.—

Subject to this section, the Authority must establish and maintain a register of registrable personal mobility devices (called the registrable PMD register) in accordance with the regulations.(2) The registrable PMD register may be established and maintained in such form as the Authority thinks appropriate for the purposes of this Part.(3) The registrable PMD register must contain —

the prescribed information about each registrable personal mobility device registered under this Part, and its registered responsible person; and

such other prescribed information relating to the registrable personal mobility device.(4) Except as permitted under subsection (5) or when lawfully required to do so by any court, the Authority must not supply to, or allow the inspection by, any person any information contained in the registrable PMD register.(5) The Authority may, upon application made to it in writing by a person and on payment of the prescribed fee (if any), do any one or more of the following things as are required in the application:

inform the applicant (or the applicant’s authorised agent) whether a registrable personal mobility device is registered and whether the registration of the device is cancelled;

provide an applicant who belongs to a prescribed class of persons (or the applicant’s authorised agent) all or any of the following:

information about the identity of the registered responsible person for a registrable personal mobility device;

an extract of any entry in the registrable PMD register relating to a registrable personal mobility device;

certify to an applicant who belongs to a prescribed class of persons (or the applicant’s authorised agent), as at the date of the certificate, in respect of the registrable personal mobility device to which the application relates all or any of the following:

the registration code of the personal mobility device and other particulars in the registrable PMD register relating to that device;

the registered responsible person for the personal mobility device;

whether the registration of the device is cancelled.(6) The Authority may correct any mistake, error or omission in the registrable PMD register subject to the requirements in the regulations.Registrable PMD register as evidence28F.—

A certificate signed or purporting to be signed by an authorised officer and stating that —

a personal mobility device described or specified in the certificate was or was not registered at a specified time; or

any other particulars or information was recorded in the registrable PMD register at a specified time,is admissible in any legal proceedings and is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.(2) However, the registrable PMD register does not provide evidence of title to any registrable personal mobility device.General obligations of registered responsible persons28G.—

A registered responsible person for a registrable personal mobility device must —

ensure that any registration mark issued by the Authority under section 28C is installed or displayed on the device in accordance with the regulations;

make and affix (at the registered responsible person’s expense) on the registrable personal mobility device a label or other mark of a description prescribed (called for the purposes of this Act an identification mark), and ensure that that identification mark is displayed on the device, in accordance with the regulations; and

comply with any other directions given by the Authority to ensure compliance with any conditions imposed about the registration of the device.(2) A registered responsible person for a registrable personal mobility device who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.(3) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (2) shall be liable on conviction as follows:

to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both;

if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.”.