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.

Amended byS 275/2026 wef 01/05/2026

Subregulation 1

Subject to paragraph (4) —

(a)

every motor car registered on or after 1 May 2026; and

(b)

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 —

(a)

UN Regulation 13-H;

(b)

Japanese Article 12; or

(c)

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 —

(a)

UN Regulation 78;

(b)

Japanese Article 12;

(c)

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

(d)

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)

a classic vehicle;

(b)

a normal vintage vehicle;

(c)

a restricted vintage vehicle; or

(d)

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.