Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
Regulation 3
Front seat belts
Subregulation 1
Every motor vehicle to which this rule applies shall be equipped with —
a body-restraining seat belt designed for use by an adult for the driver’s seat;
a body-restraining seat belt for the specified passenger’s seat, if any; and
subject to paragraph (2), a body-restraining seat belt for any front passenger seat other than the driver’s seat and the specified passenger’s seat.
Subregulation 2
Where any vehicle to which this rule applies cannot, by reason of the design of the vehicle, be equipped with a body-restraining seat belt for any front passenger seat other than the driver’s seat and the specified passenger’s seat, that vehicle shall instead be equipped with a lap belt for that front passenger seat.
Subregulation 3
This rule shall apply to —
every motor car, motor car used for instructional purposes, business service passenger vehicle and private hire car registered on or after 1st January 1973;
every taxi;
every light goods vehicle and goods-cum-passengers vehicle;
every ambulance, fire engine, hearse, heavy goods vehicle and medical transport vehicle registered on or after 1st January 1993; and
every bus registered on or after 1st April 2009,except any omnibus which —
is registered in the name of the Authority or any bus services contractor; and
is or is to be used for any regular route service.
Subregulation 4
In this rule —
Definition
“ambulance” means a motor vehicle that is specifically equipped for —
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
“bus services contractor” means any person who has a contract with the Authority to provide 10 or more regular route services specified in the contract;
Definition
“medical transport vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is equipped to provide non-emergency patient transport services;
Definition
“non-emergency patient transport services” means transport services for fee or reward that relate solely to the provision of transport on roads of individuals —
whose medical needs have been assessed as requiring patient transport and not being time-critical or acute; and (b)who may require basic care and observation or clinical care and monitoring during transport;
Definition
“regular route service” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Bus Services Industry Act 2015 (Act 30 of 2015).