Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018

No. S 244

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic (Dealing in Power-Assisted Bicycles and Other Vehicles) Rules 2018

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34(1) of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1.  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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Definitions

2.  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;

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“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);

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“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);

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“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.

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Ban on display of non-compliant power-assisted bicycle or non‑compliant bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device

3.—(1)  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

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(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.

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(2)  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.

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(3)  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.

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Warning notices

4.—(1)  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).

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(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.

(3)  In this rule —

“point of payment” means a cash register or counter at which payment for any purchase of a power‑assisted bicycle is made;

“point of sale” means a part of any premises or place where any power‑assisted bicycle is displayed for sale.

Advertisements of non-compliant power-assisted bicycle or non‑compliant bicycle, three‑wheeled pedal cycle or recumbent device

5.  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.

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Penalties

6.—(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.

(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.

(3)  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.

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THE SCHEDULE

Rule 4(2)(a)

Made on 27 April 2018.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/LEGL/L18.029.002/JAS/DT/DPAB.18.01; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/22 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).