Singapore legislation

Clause 17

of Land Transport (Enforcement Measures) Bill

Clause 17

Amendment of section 34

Section 34 of the Active Mobility Act 2017 is amended —

(a)

by inserting the word “and” at the end of subsection (1)(b);

(b)

by deleting the word “; and” at the end of subsection (1)(c) and substituting a full‑stop;

(c)

by deleting paragraph (d) of subsection (1);

(d)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsection:“(1A) Subject to this Act, a person shall be guilty of an offence if —

(a)

the person sells, at any premises or place and in the course of business, any mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair;

(b)

at the time the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair is sold or offered for sale, the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair (as the case may be) is a non‑compliant mobility vehicle; and

(c)

at the time the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair is sold or offered for sale, the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether or not, the buyer intends to drive the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair (as the case may be) on a public path.”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the words “non‑compliant personal mobility device,” in subsection (3)(a), (b) and (c), the words “non‑compliant mobility vehicle,”;

(f)

by inserting, immediately after the words “that personal mobility device,” in subsection (3)(b), the words “mobility scooter, motorised wheelchair,”;

(g)

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (4) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)the accused had received from the person to whom the non‑compliant personal mobility device, non‑compliant mobility vehicle, non‑compliant PAB or non‑compliant bicycle was sold, evidence purporting to show that the person does not intend to ride the personal mobility device, PAB or bicycle or drive the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair (as the case may be) on any public path; and”; and

(h)

by deleting the words “or a non‑compliant personal mobility device” in subsection (8)(a) and substituting the words “, a non‑compliant personal mobility device or a non‑compliant mobility vehicle”.

Clause 17 — Land Transport (Enforcement Measures) Bill