Singapore legislation

Regulation 11

of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Lighting) Rules

Regulation 11

Special lights on vehicles used for fire brigade, etc., purposes

Amended byS 1051/2021 wef 03/01/2022S 1051/2021 wef 03/01/2022S 1051/2021 wef 03/01/2022

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 1051/2021 wef 03/01/2022

A lamp showing a light of such colour as may be approved by the Registrar may be carried on an authorised ambulance or a motor vehicle used for fire brigade or police purposes or a vehicle owned by a police officer or a fire service officer or a civil defence officer and used by him in the execution of his duties.

Subregulation 2

A lamp carried in pursuance of this rule shall be fixed to the roof of the vehicle, and on or as near as practicable to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

Subregulation 3

The light shown by a lamp carried in pursuance of this rule shall be in the form of beams rotating in a substantially horizontal plane.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 1051/2021 wef 03/01/2022

No vehicle shall, in pursuance of this rule, carry a lamp showing a light except when the vehicle is being used for a medical emergency or for any of the purposes specified in paragraph (1) and it is necessary or desirable to do so either to indicate to other road users the urgency of the purposes for which the vehicle is being used, or to warn other road users of the presence of the vehicle on the road.

Subregulation 5

Amended byS 1051/2021 wef 03/01/2022

In this rule —

Definition

“ambulance” means a motor vehicle that is specifically equipped for —

(a)

the transport on roads of; and (b)the provision, during such transport, of out-of-hospital clinical care to,sick or injured individuals who require emergency medical treatment;

Definition

“authorised”, for an ambulance, means —

(a)

being specified in a licence (other than a revoked licence) under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 authorising the use of the ambulance to provide a licensable healthcare service specified in that licence; or (b)being owned by the Government and used for the purposes of the Singapore Armed Forces or the Singapore Civil Defence Force.