Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors and Passengers) (Amendment) Rules 2003

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 27 Jun 2003

No. S 305

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors and Passengers) (Amendment) Rules 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 111 of the Road Traffic Act, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors and Passengers) (Amendment) Rules 2003 and shall, with the exception of rule 5, come into operation on 28th June 2003.

(2) Rule 5 shall come into operation on 14th July 2003.

Amendment of rule 16

2. Rule 16 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors and Passengers) Rules (R 8) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the word “vehicle” in paragraph (1), the words “(other than a taxi)”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraphs:

“(3) A licensee shall, at all times when he is acting as a taxi driver, wear or display such identification document as the Registrar may specify.

(4) Paragraph (3) shall not apply to any licensee whose identification document has been lost, destroyed or defaced or become obliterated if he has notified the Registrar to that effect and has not been issued with a replacement identification document.”; and

(c)

by deleting the rule heading and substituting the following rule heading:

“Display of licence or identification document”.

Amendment of rule 23

3. Rule 23 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (n) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(n)

not obtain or attempt to obtain any fare which exceeds the fare set by —

(i)	the owner of the taxi, where the owner is a company; or
(ii)	such organisation as the Registrar may approve, where the owner of the taxi is an individual;”;

(b)

by deleting the words “in a persistent or disorderly manner” in paragraph (o);

(c)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (q); and

(d)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (r) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(s)	not verbally insult, intimidate or harass a passenger in any manner (including sexually).”.

Deletion and substitution of rule 28

4. Rule 28 of the principal Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Rates of hire of taxi

28. A person acting as a taxi driver shall keep in such manner or position as the Registrar may direct a table of the fares set by —

(a)	the owner of the taxi, where the owner is a company; or
(b)	such organisation as the Registrar may approve, where the owner of the taxi is an individual.”.

New rule 36A

5. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 36, the following rule:

“Prohibition on presence of unauthorised persons in bus park area

36A.—(1) No person shall at any time be present in any part of a bus terminus or bus interchange —

(a)	that is intended for the parking of an omnibus or any other authorised bus or in which an omnibus or authorised bus may be driven; and
(b)	that is not demarcated for access by pedestrians,

unless the person —

(i)	is an authorised officer acting in the course of his duty;
(ii)	is a driver of an omnibus belonging to an omnibus operator occupying or using such bus terminus or bus interchange;
(iii)	is a person who has been expressly authorised by the Registrar, an authorised officer or an employee of the omnibus operator occupying or using such bus terminus or bus interchange to be present in that part of the bus terminus or bus interchange; or
(iv)	is the driver of an authorised bus.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a bus terminus or bus interchange or any part thereof shall not include —

(a)	any bus terminus or bus interchange which is adjacent to, and not separated (whether completely or partially) by any kerb from, a carriageway; or
(b)	any road over which any motor vehicle (whether a public service vehicle or not) may lawfully access.

(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) In this rule, “authorised bus” means any bus in respect of which approval has been given by the Registrar for it to be parked at or driven in the bus terminus or bus interchange concerned.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 586/91; S335/93; S 242/94; S 84/95; S 270/2000; S 587/2000]

Made this 23rd day of June 2003.

MICHAEL LIM CHOO SAN

Chairman,
Land Transport Authority of
Singapore.

[LTA/EK/L17.007.016; AG/LEG/SL/276/2002/10 Vol. 1]

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

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