Road Traffic (Car‑Free Event — Exemption of Trishaws and Trishaw Riders) Order 2016

This Order is the Road Traffic (Car-Free Event — Exemption of Trishaws and Trishaw Riders) Order 2016 and comes into operation on 27 November 2016.

Sections 106, 107, 110 and 120(3) of the Act and rule 63(1)(c) of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules (R 14) do not apply to a trishaw that is registered under rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Registration of Trishaws) Rules (R 40) while it is used on any road that is closed to traffic under an Order made under section 143 of the Act, in connection with any Car-Free event.

Sections 10, 11(1)(b), 12(1), 15, 26, 29(2), 101, 106, 107 and 110 of the Act do not apply to a trishaw that is not registered under rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Registration of Trishaws) Rules while it is used on a road mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) for the purposes of any Car-Free event.

Section 110(1)(a) of the Act and rules 31, 33 and 39 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules (R 8) do not apply to an individual riding a trishaw on a road mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1) for the purposes of any Car-Free event.

In this paragraph —[Deleted by S 750/2026 wef 03/10/2026]

“Car-Free event” means any event —

in respect of which a permit under section 143 of the Act has been granted; and

that is organised, for the purpose of promoting the benefits of walking, cycling and the use of public transport as sustainable modes of travel, by or on behalf of all or any of the following:

the Authority;

the Health Promotion Board (established under section 3 of the Health Promotion Board Act 2001);

the National Arts Council (established under section 3 of the National Arts Council Act 1991);

the National Parks Board (established by the repealed National Parks Act (Cap. 198A, 1991 Revised Edition) in force before 1 July 1996 and continued by section 3 of the National Parks Board Act 1996);

the Singapore Sports Council (established under section 3 of the Singapore Sports Council Act 1973);

the Urban Redevelopment Authority (established under section 3 of the Urban Redevelopment Authority Act 1989);