Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
Regulation 4
Exemption for individual who takes manual control of specified vehicle that has complied with paragraph 7 assessments
Subregulation 1
Section 16(1)(b) of the Act does not apply to an individual (X) who takes manual control, under all of the following conditions, of a specified vehicle that has complied with the assessments in paragraph 7 and is moving on a specified footpath:
X is authorised by Chye Thiam to take manual control of the vehicle on the instruction of another individual (Y) who is in turn authorised by Chye Thiam to —
monitor the vehicle’s movements and its surroundings from a remote location while the vehicle is moving on the specified footpath; and
instruct X, from a remote location, to take manual control of the vehicle when there is a failure of its autonomous system or any other emergency that requires immediate action;
the taking of manual control of the vehicle is carried out on the instruction of Y or is otherwise necessitated by such failure or emergency;
the common conditions in paragraph 6 are satisfied.
Subregulation 2
Section 16(1)(b) of the Act does not apply to an individual who takes manual control, under all of the following conditions, of a specified vehicle that has complied with the assessments in paragraph 7 and is moving on a specified footpath:
the individual is authorised by Chye Thiam to —
monitor the vehicle’s movements and its surroundings from a remote location while the vehicle is moving on the specified footpath; and
take manual control of the vehicle when there is a failure of its autonomous system or any other emergency that requires immediate action;
the taking of manual control of the vehicle is necessitated by such failure or emergency;
the common conditions in paragraph 6 are satisfied.