2026 update: This post was written in 2018, and the rules have since changed. Under LTA’s current PMA rules:
- Motorised wheelchairs remain exempt from registration and from the Certificate of Medical Need.
- From 1 June 2026, mobility scooter users need a Certificate of Medical Need unless they are exempt, for example seniors aged 70 and above.
- From 1 June 2026, new mobility scooters must be registered and tagged before sale, and all mobility scooters used on public paths must be registered by 1 January 2029.
- All motorised PMAs must keep to 6 km/h on public paths. Existing PMAs with a top speed of up to 10 km/h may be used until end-2028; from 1 January 2029, the maximum device speed is 6 km/h.
- PMAs used on public paths must be no wider than 70 cm and no longer than 120 cm.
Read the full LTA PMA regulations 2026.
The Active Mobility Advisory Council (AMAP) has submitted new recommendations to the Ministry of Transport today. One of the key recommendations is impose a speed limit of 10 km/h for mobility scooters and electric wheelchairs.
This does not affect ELFIGO Mobility (Formerly Falcon Mobility)'s customers, as almost all of our mobility scooters and all of our motorised wheelchairs have a top speed of 6 - 8 km/h. So if you have bought your Personal Mobility Aid (PMA) from us, you do not need to be concerned.
According to the AMAP recommendations published today, some retailers have been falsely advertising overweight e-scooters or e-scooters with seats as motorised PMAs. Some able-bodied persons have also been misusing motorised PMAs.
With e-scooter registration going to be implemented later this year, the over-riding concern is able-bodied persons flocking en-mass to buy these high speed so-called PMAs, in order to avoid registration.
Also, there were suggestions by some people to make elderly and disabled people go through some kind of doctor certification before they are allowed to use PMAs. This would have burdened our customers with a lot of unnecessary inconvenience as well as costs.
In order to avoid this, ELFIGO Mobility (Formerly Falcon Mobility) suggested (see full recommendations here) to use the speed limit of 10 km/h to differentiate e-scooters from bona-fide mobility scooters.
This will plug the loophole without affecting our elderly and handicapped customers. It was better to have this, than to have compulsory registration for elderly and disabled users.
We are very glad that AMAP took our feedback seriously in crafting these new recommendations.
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