Active Mobility (Public Utilities Board

No. S 26

Active Mobility Act 2017

(ACT 3 OF 2017)

Active Mobility
(Public Utilities Board — Exemption)
Order 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 66 of the Active Mobility Act 2017, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:

Citation and period in force

1.—(1) This Order is the Active Mobility (Public Utilities Board — Exemption) Order 2021.

(2) This Order is in force for 8 years starting 18 January 2021.

[S 22/2023 wef 16/01/2023]

[S 24/2025 wef 17/01/2025]

Definitions

2. In this Order —

“emergency” means an actual or imminent event that causes, or threatens to cause —

(a)	any harm or danger to the life, health or safety of any individual;
(b)	any destruction of, or damage to, any property; or
(c)	any harm or danger to the health or safety of the public;

“hours of darkness” means the time starting 7 p.m. and ending 7 a.m. the following day, both times inclusive;

[S 22/2023 wef 16/01/2023]

“lorry crane” means a lorry incorporating an articulator arm mounted on the lorry which is used for loading, unloading and lifting of materials or goods;

[S 22/2023 wef 16/01/2023]

“public event” means any event that is open to the public or a section of the public;

“Public Utilities Board” means the Public Utilities Board continued under section 3 of the Public Utilities Act (Cap. 261);

[Deleted by S 24/2025 wef 17/01/2025]

“specified motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle other than any of the following:

(a)	a motorised personal mobility device;
(b)	a power‑assisted bicycle;
(c)	a motorised wheelchair;
(d)	a mobility scooter;
(e)	an automatic detection device that has wheels, a motor and is constructed to drive itself;
(f)	a robotic machine designed to move and operate independently of human control when the computer that controls it is programmed;
(g)	a motor vehicle that is constructed to drive itself;
(h)	a boom lift; [S 22/2023 wef 16/01/2023]
(i)	a forklift; [S 22/2023 wef 16/01/2023]
(j)	a scissor lift; [S 22/2023 wef 16/01/2023]

“specified path” means any footpath or shared path delineated by a black-coloured line, or within shaded areas bounded by black-coloured lines, in the maps set out in the Schedule;

[S 24/2025 wef 17/01/2025]

“specified purpose” means any of the following purposes:

(a)	to transport any individual or thing in connection with a public event;
(b)	to transport any individual or thing in connection with any maintenance works;
(c)	to transport any individual or thing in connection with the enforcement of the Public Utilities (Reservoirs, Catchment Areas and Waterway) Regulations 2006 (G.N. No. S 401/2006);
(d)	to carry out maintenance works;
(e)	to respond to an emergency. [S 24/2025 wef 17/01/2025]

[Deleted by S 24/2025 wef 17/01/2025]

Exemption for driving specified motor vehicle

3. Sections 16(1)(b) and 17(1) of the Act do not apply to an individual who drives a specified motor vehicle on a specified path for a specified purpose, under the following conditions:

(a)

the individual is authorised by the Public Utilities Board to drive the specified motor vehicle for the specified purpose;

(b)

the individual, when driving the specified motor vehicle —

(i)	does not exceed a speed of 10 km/h unless responding to an emergency; and
(ii)	gives way to other users of the specified path; [S 24/2025 wef 17/01/2025]

(ba)

during hours of darkness, the individual keeps the specified motor vehicle lit in a manner that is visible to other users of the specified path;

[S 22/2023 wef 16/01/2023]

(c)

the individual possesses a valid driving licence granted under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) Rules (Cap. 276, R 27) authorising the individual to drive the class of the specified motor vehicle;

(ca)

where the specified motor vehicle is a lorry crane, the individual has attended and passed the Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) — Operate Lorry Crane Course;

[S 22/2023 wef 16/01/2023]

(d)

there is in force, at any time the specified motor vehicle is driven in connection with a specified purpose, a policy of insurance in relation to the specified motor vehicle insuring against any liability in respect of —

(i)	the death of or bodily injury sustained by any person (other than the driver of the specified motor vehicle); and [S 24/2025 wef 17/01/2025]
(ii)	any property damage suffered by any person (other than the driver of the specified motor vehicle), [S 24/2025 wef 17/01/2025]

caused by or arising out of the use of the specified motor vehicle;

[S 22/2023 wef 16/01/2023]

(e)

the risk under the policy of insurance mentioned in sub‑paragraph (d) is assumed by an insurer who, at the time of the issuance of the policy, is lawfully carrying on an insurance business in Singapore.

[S 24/2025 wef 17/01/2025]

THE SCHEDULE

Paragraph 2

Specified paths

MAP 1