No. S 649
Road Traffic Act
(CHAPTER 276)
Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption)
(Amendment) Order 2015
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 142 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2015 and comes into operation on 6 November 2015.
Amendment of paragraph 2
2.  Paragraph 2 of the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) Order (O 5) is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately before the definition of “consular employee”, the following definitions:
“ “bus services contractor” means any person who has a contract with the Authority to provide 10 or more regular route services specified in the contract;
“community bus service” means a bus service —
(a)consisting of the carriage of passengers by a bus for or in connection with the activities of a religious, educational, health, welfare, philanthropic, sporting or charitable organisation; and
(b)provided for a fare, or for consideration which is limited to the costs or part of the costs incurred in making the journey;”;
(b)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “consular officer”, the following definition:
“ “courtesy bus service” means a bus service which is —
(a)provided for the purpose of promoting the sale or supply of any product or service sold or supplied by a business organisation in the course of business in Singapore; and
(b)provided for a fare, or for consideration which is limited to the costs or part of the costs incurred in making the journey;”;
(c)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “registered owner”, the following definition:
“ “regular route service” means a bus service that is conducted according to pre-determined routes and timetables with 2 or more bus stopping points within Singapore, but does not include —
(a)a tourist bus service;
(b)a community bus service; or
(c)a courtesy bus service;”; and
(d)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “restricted vintage vehicle”, the following definition:
“ “tourist bus service” means a bus service where —
(a)tourism is a major and regular feature or focus of the service;
(b)the passenger profile including, in particular, whether users of the service, are mainly sightseers or pursuing mainly tourism activities;
(c)all passengers’ journeys stop at or divert to points of cultural, historic, scenic, scientific or sporting interest in Singapore; and
(d)the passengers are taken on to or back to hotels or other tourist accommodation or a tourism travel connection;”.
Amendment of paragraph 3
3.  Paragraph 3 of the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) Order is amended by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (a), the following sub‑paragraph:
(aa)an omnibus which is registered in the name of the Authority or any bus services contractor, and which is or is to be used for any regular route service;”.
[G.N. Nos. S 9/2001; S 95/2007; S 367/2012]
Made on 5 November 2015.
CHOI SHING KWOK
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.
[LTA/RTA/RY/MA/EO_2014; AG/LLRD/SL/276/2010/50 Vol. 2]