Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2016

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 16 Dec 2016

No. S 642

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic (Public Service
Vehicles) (Amendment No. 2)
Rules 2016

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

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2016 and come into operation on 1 January 2017.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules (R 14) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) is amended by deleting the words “Land Transport Authority of Singapore” in the definition of “authorised officer” and substituting the word “Authority”.

Amendment of rule 26

3. Rule 26 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a)

the omnibus that is the subject of the application is to be plied for hire or for the purpose of gain only upon the route or routes authorised by —

(i)	a bus service licence under the Bus Services Industry Act 2015 (Act 30 of 2015); or
(ii)	the Registrar, in the case of an omnibus that is registered outside Singapore or an omnibus used for the operation of a scheduled service from Singapore to one or more destinations outside Singapore;”.

Amendment of rule 27

4. Rule 27 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “the Council or, in the case of an omnibus that is registered outside Singapore,”.

[G.N. Nos. S 271/2000; S 23/2001; S 425/2003; S 675/2004; S 6/2005; S 127/2006; S 471/2006; S 140/2007; S 655/2012; S 32/2016]

Made on 15 December 2016.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

Chairman,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/L18.029.002/RY/NJ/PSV2; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/27 Vol. 1]

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

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