Road Traffic Act 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Registration and Licensing of Vehicles
6D. Exemptions and modified application of laws to approved trials and special uses
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Rules made under section 6C for an approved trial or an approved special use may, for the purpose of that trial or special use —
exempt (with or without conditions) from the application of section 5 or other specified provisions of this Act or its subsidiary legislation, or any other applicable written law, any of the following:
the specified person authorised to undertake the approved trial or carry out the approved special use;
any other person or class of persons participating in the approved trial or carrying out the approved special use;
any vehicle or trailer used in the approved trial or approved special use; and
provide for the application of specified provisions of this Act or its subsidiary legislation, or any other applicable written law, affecting —
the specified person authorised to undertake the approved trial or carry out the approved special use;
any other person or class of persons participating in the approved trial or carrying out the approved special use; or
any vehicle or trailer used in the approved trial or approved special use,with prescribed exceptions, modifications and adaptations.
Where a provision of this Act or its subsidiary legislation mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) is not a law which the Minister is charged with the responsibility for, the Minister must consult with the Minister charged with the responsibility for law and order before granting the exemption or modifying the provision, as the case may be.
Minister
“Minister” means —(a)except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), the Minister charged with the responsibility for land transport;(b)for the purposes of the whole of Parts 2 and 3 and sections 75(1), 82, 112(1), (3) and (4), 113(1) and (2), 114(1), 116(2), 121(2) and 143(3) and (11), the Minister charged with the responsibility for law and order; and(c)for the purposes of sections 131B(7), 135(2), 140(1) and (2), 142 and 142A(1), the Minister charged with the responsibility for land transport or the Minister charged with the responsibility for law and order, as appropriate;
If a person contravenes or fails to comply with a condition of an exemption contained in any rules made under section 6C, the exemption does not, while the contravention or non‑compliance continues, operate in that person’s favour.
If, by virtue of subsection (3), a person is guilty of an offence under a provision of this Act or its subsidiary legislation from which the person was exempted by an exemption, the person may be proceeded against for that offence.
In this section, “other applicable written law” means —
the Bus Services Industry Act 2015;
the Motor Vehicles (Third‑Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960;
the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019; or
the Public Transport Council Act 1987.