Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) (Amendment No. 7) Rules 2008

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 04 Nov 2008

No. S 571

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) (Amendment No. 7) Rules 2008

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34D and 140 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) (Amendment No. 7) Rules 2008 and shall come into operation on 5th November 2008.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) Rules 2007 (G.N. No. S 738/2007) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “card machine”, the following definition:

“ “credit card” has the same meaning as in Part VIII of the Banking Act (Cap. 19);”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “motor car”, the following definition:

“ “participating bank” means a bank or financial institution which has entered into an arrangement with the Authority to provide for the payment of road-user charges by credit card;”.

Deletion and substitution of rule 6

3. Rule 6 of the principal Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Payment of road-user charge

6.—(1) The road-user charge for a motor vehicle shall be paid using ––

(a)	an ERP card with sufficient stored value inserted in the in-vehicle unit installed in the motor vehicle; or
(b)	a credit card which has been registered in advance with a participating bank and approved by the bank and the Registrar for the payment of road-user charges for that motor vehicle (referred to in these Rules as a registered credit card).

(2) The appropriate amount of road-user charge payable under rule 5 shall be —

(a)	debited in its entirety against the stored value of an ERP card inserted in the in-vehicle unit of the motor vehicle; or
(b)	where an ERP card is not inserted in the in-vehicle unit of the motor vehicle or the ERP card inserted has a stored value that is insufficient to pay for the road-user charge, charged in its entirety to a registered credit card for that motor vehicle, if any.”.

Amendment of rule 7

4. Rule 7 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “(2), (3),” in paragraph (1);

(b)

by deleting sub-paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) of paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(f)	no ERP card with sufficient stored value to pay the road-user charge payable has been properly inserted in the in-vehicle unit of the motor vehicle and there is no registered credit card for that motor vehicle; or”;

(c)

by deleting the words “in any of the circumstances specified in paragraph (1)(f), (g) or (h)” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “without making payment of the applicable road-user charge in the manner required under rule 6(1)(a) or (b)”;

(d)

by deleting the words “has committed an offence under paragraph (1)(f), (g) or (h)” in paragraph (3) and substituting the words “has not made payment of the applicable road-user charge in the manner required under rule 6(1)(a) or (b)”;

(e)

by deleting the words “, (g) or (h), as the case may be” in paragraph (4); and

(f)

by deleting the words “(g), (h)” in paragraph (7)(a) and substituting “(f)”.

[G.N. Nos. S 48/2008; S 202/2008; S 245/2008; S 342/2008; S 492/2008; S 558/2008]

Made this 30th day of October 2008.

CHOI SHING KWOK

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/JG/IE/ERP(CC)/05/08; AG/LEG/SL/276/2005/13 Vol. 5]

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

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