Regulation 1
Citation and commencement
Amended byS 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024
These Rules are the Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018 and come into operation on 1 May 2018.
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Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018
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- Type
- Subsidiary Legislation
- Status
- In force
- Enacted
- 1961
- Sections
- 6
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About this subsidiary legislation
Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018 is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation RTA-S244-2018 1961, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1961.
Regulation 2
Definitions
Amended byS 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024S 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024S 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024S 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024
In these Rules —“advertisement”, in relation to a non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycle or non‑compliant bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device, means —
(a)
any writing;
(b)
any still or moving picture, sign, symbol or other visual image;
(c)
any audible message; or
(d)
any combination of 2 or more of those things in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c),that gives publicity to, or otherwise promotes or is intended to promote, the purchase or use of a non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycle or non‑compliant bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device or a range of such non‑compliant vehicles;“non‑compliant bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device” means a bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device the construction or equipment of which does not comply with the requirements as to construction or equipment as specified in rule 3 of the Road Traffic (Bicycles, Three‑wheeled Pedal Cycles, Trishaws and Recumbent Devices — Construction and Use) Rules 2024 (G.N. No. S 157/2024);“non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycle” means a power‑assisted bicycle the construction, weight or equipment of which does not comply with the requirements as to construction, weight or equipment as specified in the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Power‑Assisted Bicycles — Approval) Rules 2004 (G.N. No. S 768/2004);“recumbent device” and “three‑wheeled pedal cycle” have the meanings given by rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Bicycles, Three‑wheeled Pedal Cycles, Trishaws and Recumbent Devices — Construction and Use) Rules 2024.
Definition
“advertisement”, in relation to a non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycle or non‑compliant bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device, means —
(a)
any writing;
(b)
any still or moving picture, sign, symbol or other visual image;
(c)
any audible message; or
(d)
any combination of 2 or more of those things in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c),that gives publicity to, or otherwise promotes or is intended to promote, the purchase or use of a non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycle or non‑compliant bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device or a range of such non‑compliant vehicles;
Amended byS 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024
Definition
“non‑compliant bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device” means a bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device the construction or equipment of which does not comply with the requirements as to construction or equipment as specified in rule 3 of the Road Traffic (Bicycles, Three‑wheeled Pedal Cycles, Trishaws and Recumbent Devices — Construction and Use) Rules 2024 (G.N. No. S 157/2024);
Amended byS 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024
Definition
“non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycle” means a power‑assisted bicycle the construction, weight or equipment of which does not comply with the requirements as to construction, weight or equipment as specified in the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Power‑Assisted Bicycles — Approval) Rules 2004 (G.N. No. S 768/2004);
Amended byS 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024
Definition
“recumbent device” and “three‑wheeled pedal cycle” have the meanings given by rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Bicycles, Three‑wheeled Pedal Cycles, Trishaws and Recumbent Devices — Construction and Use) Rules 2024.
Amended byS 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024
Regulation 3
Ban on display of non-compliant power-assisted bicycle or non‑compliant bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device
Amended byS 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024S 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024S 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024S 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024S 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024S 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024
Subregulation 1
Amended byS 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024S 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024S 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024
A person who is, in the course of business, selling or supplying, or offering or exposing for sale or supply, by retail, any vehicle on any premises or place, must not display or cause to be displayed any non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycle or non‑compliant bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device on the premises or place —
(a)
when so selling or supplying, or offering or exposing for sale or supply, any power‑assisted bicycle, bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device; and
(b)
knowing that, or reckless as to whether, the power‑assisted bicycle, bicycle, three-wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device is a non‑compliant power-assisted bicycle or non‑compliant bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device.
Subregulation 2
Amended byS 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024
A person who is, in the course of business, selling or supplying, or offering or exposing for sale or supply, by retail, any vehicle on any premises or place, must ensure that no customer or member of the public can see any non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycle or non‑compliant bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device from inside or outside the premises or place.
Subregulation 3
Amended byS 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024
This rule does not apply to the display of a non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycle or non‑compliant bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device on any premises or place —
(a)
to a customer of the business concerned at the customer’s request; or
(b)
by a customer of the business concerned.
Regulation 4
Warning notices
Amended byS 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024
Subregulation 1
Amended byS 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024
A person who is, in the course of business, selling or supplying, or offering or exposing for sale or supply, by retail, any vehicle on any premises or place, must display or cause to be displayed within the premises or place one warning notice that meets the requirements set out in paragraph (2).
Subregulation 2
The person mentioned in paragraph (1) must ensure that the warning notice —
(a)
is in the form, and contains the text, as specified in the Schedule;
(b)
is not smaller than 29.7 cm × 42 cm;
(c)
is printed indelibly in colour with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi; and
(d)
is conspicuously displayed within the premises or place mentioned in paragraph (1) —
(i)
at or near any point of sale in those premises or that place; or
(ii)
at any point of payment in those premises or that place.
Subregulation 3
In this rule —
Definition
“point of payment” means a cash register or counter at which payment for any purchase of a power‑assisted bicycle is made;
Definition
“point of sale” means a part of any premises or place where any power‑assisted bicycle is displayed for sale.
Regulation 5
Advertisements of non-compliant power-assisted bicycle or non‑compliant bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device
Amended byS 171/2024 wef 01/03/2024
A person who is, in the course of business, selling or supplying, or offering or exposing for sale or supply, by retail, any vehicle on any premises or place, must not display or cause to be displayed within the premises or place any advertisement about non‑compliant power‑assisted bicycles or non‑compliant bicycles, three‑wheeled pedal cycles or recumbent devices.
Regulation 6
Penalties
Amended byS 246/2020 wef 03/04/2020
Subregulation 1
A person who contravenes rule 3(1) or (2) or 5 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
(a)
where the person is an individual —
(i)
to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; but(ii)where the individual is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 24 months or to both; and
(b)
in any other case —
(i)
to a fine not exceeding $20,000; but(ii)where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $40,000.
Subregulation 2
A person who contravenes rule 4(1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
(a)
where the person is an individual —
(i)
to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; but(ii)where the individual is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; and
(b)
in any other case —
(i)
to a fine not exceeding $10,000; but(ii)where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $20,000.
Subregulation 3
Amended byS 246/2020 wef 03/04/2020
In these Rules, “repeat offender”, in relation to any offence under these Rules, means a person who —
(a)
is convicted, or found guilty, of such an offence (called the current offence); and
(b)
has been convicted or found guilty of the same offence, on at least one other earlier occasion within the period of 5 years immediately before the date on which the person is convicted or found guilty of the current offence.
Common questions
- What is Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018?
- Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018 is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation RTA-S244-2018 1961, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1961.
- Is Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018 still in force?
- Yes — Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018 is currently in force.
- When did Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018 take effect?
- Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018 was first recorded in 1961.
- How many regulations does Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018 have?
- Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018 contains 6 regulations.
- Where can I read the official version of Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018?
- The official text of Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018 is published at sso.agc.gov.sg.