Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Active Mobility (Amendment No. 2) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2(1) of the Active Mobility Act 2017 (called in this Act the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “a length” in the definitions of “footpath”, “pedestrian‑only path” and “shared path”, the words “or area”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “path”, the following definition: “ “path‑connected open space” means a courtyard, plaza, square, quadrangle, atrium, peristyle or other substantially level and unenclosed open space that —

(a)

is surfaced and is not a green verge or other area provided for the growing of grass, trees or other vegetation;

(b)

is fronting, adjoining or abutting, or connected by stairs (mechanised or otherwise) to, a path (whether or not a public path); and

(c)

is used or capable of being used as a means of access to and from a path by pedestrians from any direction,but does not include an area with barbecue or open‑fire cooking facilities, an outdoor children’s playground, a spray pool, a fitness park, a court for basketball, badminton, sepak takraw or other similar sport, a parking area for bicycles or other vehicles or a similar amenity or facility that is ordinarily a stop or journey’s end;”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “a path” in the definition of “public path”, the words “or path‑connected open space”.