Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Rules 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 14 Sep 2022

No. S 739

Road Traffic Act 1961

Road Traffic
(Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment)
Rules 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 111 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Rules 2022 and come into operation on 15 September 2022.

Amendment of rule 2

2. In rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules (R 14), after the definition of “Council”, insert —

“ “electric car” means a motor car that is mechanically propelled by means of electric traction motors;”.

Amendment of rule 4

3. In rule 4 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules —

(a)

in paragraph (2), replace sub‑paragraph (c) with —

“(c)

a taxi which —

(i)	in a case where the taxi licence is issued before 1 September 2003 — is more than 7 years old on that date;
(ii)	in a case where the taxi licence is issued on or after 1 September 2003 for a taxi which is not a specified taxi — is more than 8 years on that date; or
(iii)	in a case where the taxi licence is issued for a taxi which is a specified taxi — is more than 10 years old on that date.”; and

(b)

after paragraph (2), insert —

“(3) In this rule, a specified taxi is a taxi which —

(a)	is an electric car registered on or after 15 September 2022; or
(b)	is an electric car registered before 15 September 2022 and the certificate of entitlement for that taxi has been extended or restored under rule 24BA of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31).”.

[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; S 642/2016; S 312/2017; S 361/2017; S 734/2017; S 797/2017; S 329/2018; S 412/2018; S 496/2019; S 94/2020; S 920/2020; S 1101/2020]

Made on 13 September 2022.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

Chairperson,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/L18.029.002/AK/PSV.22.01; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2020/3 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961).

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