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REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

ACTS SUPPLEMENT

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NO. 8]

Friday, March 4

[2005

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 25th January 2005 and assented to by the President on 3rd February 2005:—

Parking Places (Amendment) Act 2005

(No. 9 of 2005)

I assent.

S R NATHAN,

President,

3rd February 2005.

Date of Commencement: 1st April 2005

An Act to amend the Parking Places Act (Chapter 214 of the 1996 Revised Edition).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Parking Places (Amendment) Act 2005 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Amendment of section 2

2. Section 2 of the Parking Places Act (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately after the words “private parking place” in the definition of “licence”, the words “for the parking or housing of one or more heavy vehicles”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “5 or more” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “private parking place” and substituting the words “one or more”.

Amendment of section 5

3. Section 5 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately after the words “private parking place” in subsection (1), the words “for the parking or housing of one or more heavy vehicles”; and
(b)	by deleting subsection (4).

Amendment of section 8

4. Section 8 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately after the word “documents” in subsection (1)(d), the words “in such form (including electronic form)”; and
(b)	by deleting the word “Authority” in subsection (2)(c) and substituting the word “Superintendent”.

New sections 15A and 15B

5. The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 15, the following sections:

“Power to require information

15A. The Authority or the Superintendent may require any owner or occupier of a private parking place to furnish such information relating to the private parking place as the Authority or the Superintendent considers necessary or expedient for the performance of its or his functions or duties under this Act.

Power of entry

15B.—(1) The Superintendent or any person authorised by the Authority or the Superintendent (referred to in this section as an authorised person) may —

(a)	for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is or has been a contravention of any provision of this Act or any rules made thereunder; or
(b)	for such other purpose incidental to or in connection with the performance of the functions or duties of the Authority or the Superintendent under this Act,

enter any private parking place between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. to make any survey or inspection without being liable to any legal proceedings or molestation on account of such entry or any thing done in such private parking place.

(2) No person shall, except with the consent of the owner or occupier of a private parking place, enter the parking place by virtue of the powers conferred by subsection (1) without at least 6 hours’ previous notice being given to the owner or occupier of the private parking place, if any.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where it is necessary or expedient to make any survey or inspection outside the hours specified in subsection (1), the Superintendent or any authorised person may enter any private parking place by giving at least 6 hours’ previous notice to the owner or occupier of the private parking place.”.

Transitional provisions

6.—(1) Any licence issued under the principal Act in force immediately before the date of commencement of this Act in respect of a private parking place shall cease to have effect as from that date in so far as the licence authorises the parking or housing of motor vehicles other than heavy vehicles (referred to in this section as non-heavy vehicles).

(2) The Superintendent may —

(a)	require the holder of a licence referred to in subsection (1) to surrender the licence to him for cancellation; and
(b)	where the licence was issued in respect of the parking or housing of heavy vehicles and non-heavy vehicles, issue a new licence in respect of the parking or housing of heavy vehicles only for the unexpired period of the original licence.

(3) Upon the surrender of a licence referred to in subsection (1), the Superintendent may refund to the holder of the licence such part of the licence fee paid in respect of the parking or housing of non-heavy vehicles for the unexpired period of the licence.