Singapore legislation
Regulation 12A
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules
Regulation 12A
Anti-lock braking system for motor cars registered on or after 1 May 2026, etc.
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (4) —
every motor car registered on or after 1 May 2026; and
every motor cycle (whether with or without an attached side-car) registered on or after 1 April 2027,must be equipped with an anti-lock braking system.
Subregulation 2
Every anti-lock braking system of a motor car to which paragraph (1)(a) applies must be constructed and fitted in compliance with the requirements in —
UN Regulation 13-H;
Japanese Article 12; or
any other standard that the Registrar or an authorised officer may recognise as having an equivalent level of safety to, or a more stringent level of safety than, any of the standards mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b).
Subregulation 3
Every anti-lock braking system of a motor cycle to which paragraph (1)(b) applies must be constructed and fitted in compliance with the requirements in —
UN Regulation 78;
Japanese Article 12;
EU Regulation 168/2013 (as supplemented by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 3/2014 of 24 October 2013, as amended by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1824 of 14 July 2016); or
any other standard that the Registrar or an authorised officer may recognise as having an equivalent level of safety to, or a more stringent level of safety than, any of the standards mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
Subregulation 4
Paragraph (1) does not apply to any motor vehicle that is registered or re-registered as —
a classic vehicle;
a normal vintage vehicle;
a restricted vintage vehicle; or
a revised use vintage vehicle.
Subregulation 5
In this rule, “anti-lock braking system” means a part of a braking system that senses and controls the degree of wheel slip on one or more wheels of a vehicle during braking.