No. S 509
Public Transport Council Act
(CHAPTER 259B)
Public Transport Council Act
(Amendment of Third Schedule) Order 2018
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 27B of the Public Transport Council Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Order is the Public Transport Council Act (Amendment of Third Schedule) Order 2018 and comes into operation on 30 August 2018.
Deletion and substitution of Third Schedule
2.  The Third Schedule to the Public Transport Council Act is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:
THIRD SCHEDULE
Section 24AB(1) and (2)
Fare adjustment formula
0.5 cCPI + 0.4 WI + 0.1 EI + NCF – 0.1%
where cCPI
is the change in Core Consumer Price Index between year 2017 and its previous year;
WI
is the change in National Average Monthly Earnings between year 2017 and its previous year, adjusted to account for any change in the employer’s Central Provident Fund contribution rate as specified in the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36);
EI
is the change in Energy Index for electricity and fuel between year 2017 and its previous year; and
NCF
is the change in Network Capacity Factor between year 2017 and its previous year, where the Network Capacity Factor is ascertained by the formula:
 
where A
is the sum of the following quantum in respect of every part of the rapid transit system that, before 1 July 2016, was open for travel by passengers on a train:
 
 
(a)the quantum that is the product of —
 
 
(i)the total distance travelled during a year on every such part of the rapid transit system by a train that carried passengers as part of a train service; and
 
 
(ii)the passenger capacity of the train;
 
 
(b)the quantum worked out in accordance with paragraph (a) for the same year in respect of every other train that carried passengers as part of a train service on every such part of the rapid transit system;
 
B
is the total distance travelled during a year on every part of the rapid transit system specified in A by every passenger on every train that was part of a train service;
 
C
is the sum of the following quantum:
 
 
(a)the quantum that is the product of —
 
 
(i)the total distance travelled during a year by a bus that carried passengers as part of a bus service; and
 
 
(ii)the passenger capacity of the bus;
 
 
(b)the quantum worked out in accordance with paragraph (a) for the same year in respect of every other bus that carried passengers as part of a bus service; and
 
D
is the total distance travelled during a year by every passenger on every bus that carried passengers as part of a bus service.
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Made on 27 August 2018.
LOH NGAI SENG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.
[MOT.B.134.0.002.2.22; AG/LEGIS/SL/259B/2015/5 Vol. 1]