s 23J Employing, etc., driver or rider without valid certificate of medical need on public path
23J.—(1) Subject to this Act, a person commits an offence if —(a) the person employs, or intentionally or negligently allows, an individual to drive or ride a mobility vehicle of a prescribed class or description on a public path; (b) the individual in paragraph (a) is not granted a valid certificate of medical need for that class or description of mobility vehicle and is not excluded under section 23I(2); and (c) the person knows that, or is negligent as to whether, the individual is not granted a valid certificate of medical need for that class or description of mobility vehicle. (2) For the purpose of subsection (1)(a), a platform operator is deemed to employ an individual to drive or ride a mobility vehicle on a public path if —(a) the individual is a platform worker providing a platform service for the platform operator; (b) the platform service involves —(i) the collection of any goods or item from one or more places; and (ii) the delivery of the goods or item to one or more other places; and (c) the platform operator knows that the platform worker drives or rides a mobility vehicle on a public path to provide that platform service. (3) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) does not apply to a person who, in the course of carrying on a business of selling mobility vehicles at any premises and for the purpose of selling the vehicle, allows a customer of the business concerned at the customer’s request to drive or ride a mobility vehicle within any part of those premises not comprising a public path. (4) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —(a) to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; but (b) where the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.[Act 5 of 2026 wef 27/02/2026]