Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2015

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 06 Apr 2015

No. S 196

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System)
(Amendment No. 2) Rules 2015

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34D and 140 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2015 and come into operation on 7 April 2015.

Deletion and substitution of rule 6

2. Rule 6 of the Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) Rules 2011 (G.N. No. S 97/2011) is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Payment of road‑user charge

6.—(1) The road‑user charge for a motor vehicle is to be paid —

(a)	using an ERP card with sufficient stored value inserted in the in‑vehicle unit installed in the motor vehicle;
(b)	using a credit card or debit card which has been registered in advance with a participating bank and approved by the bank and the Registrar for the payment of road‑user charges (called in these Rules a registered credit card or a registered debit card, as the case may be);
(c)	through General Inter‑bank Recurring Order which has been arranged in advance with a participating bank and approved by the bank and the Registrar for the payment of road‑user charges (called in these Rules an approved GIRO arrangement); or
(d)	out of funds deposited in advance for payment of road‑user charges with the Authority or such person as the Authority may designate.

(2) The appropriate amount of road‑user charge payable under rule 5 is to be —

(a)

debited in its entirety against the stored value of an ERP card inserted in the in‑vehicle unit of the motor vehicle; or

(b)

where an ERP card is not inserted in the in‑vehicle unit of the motor vehicle or the ERP card inserted has a stored value that is insufficient to pay for the road‑user charge —

(i)	charged in its entirety to a registered credit card or a registered debit card, as the case may be;
(ii)	paid through an approved GIRO arrangement; or
(iii)	paid out of the deposited funds referred to in paragraph (1)(d).”.

Amendment of rule 7

3. Rule 7 of the Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) Rules 2011 is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “and there is no registered credit card for that motor vehicle” in paragraph (1)(f);

(b)

by deleting paragraphs (2) and (3) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(2) Where the Registrar has reason to believe that a person has not made payment of the applicable road‑user charge in the manner required under rule 6(1), the Registrar may by notice in writing require the person to pay, within such time and in such manner as may be specified in the notice, the road‑user charge incurred by him and —

(a)	in a case where payment is made directly to the Authority or at any post office (whether by cheque, cash or NETS), an administrative charge of $10; or
(b)	in a case where payment is made in any other manner specified in the notice, an administrative charge of $8.”;

(c)

by deleting the words “or (3)” in paragraph (4);

(d)

by deleting the words “paragraphs (2) and (3)” in paragraph (5) and substituting the words “paragraph (2)”; and

(e)

by deleting paragraph (8).

[G.N. Nos. S 435/2011; S 583/2011; S 609/2011; S 29/2012; S 49/2012; S 185/2012; S 272/2012; S 377/2012; S 564/2012; S 72/2013; S 292/2013; S 500/2013; S 673/2013; S 813/2013; S 53/2014; S 117/2014; S 328/2014; S 509/2014; S 628/2014; S 728/2014; S 47/2015]

Made on 2 April 2015.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/LEGL/L18.029.002/NN/TS; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/5 Vol. 1]

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

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