It is hereby notified for general information that, pursuant to section 20(1) of the Public Transport Council Act, the Public Transport Council has approved, with effect from 1st June 1996, the following amendments to the rates of hire of a taxi.
2. The Schedule to Notification N 3 is amended —
(a)
by deleting item (6) and substituting the following item:
“
(6) Each time a taxi is hired at Singapore Changi Airport and Seletar Airport
an additional $3 for the whole journey.
”.
(b)
by deleting item (8) and substituting the following items:
(8) Each time a taxi is hired during the following periods:
except where the rate of hire under item (8A) is chargeable, an additional 50 cents for the whole journey.
(a) on a weekday, if that weekday is not a gazetted public holiday, from 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. and from 4.30 p.m. to 7 p.m.; and
(b) on a Saturday, if that Saturday is not a gazetted public holiday, from 7.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. and from 11.30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
(8A) Each time a taxi is hired in the restricted zone as defined in the Road Traffic (Restricted Zone and Area Licences) Rules during the following periods:
an additional $1 for the whole journey.”;
(a) on a weekday, if that weekday is not a gazetted public holiday, from 4.30 p.m. to 7 p.m.; and
(b) on a Saturday, if that Saturday is not a gazetted public holiday, from 11.30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
[R 12.]
(c)
by deleting item (13) (b ); and
(d)
by renumbering item (13) (c ) as item (13) (b ).
Made this 22nd day of May 1996.
CHANG MENG TENG
Deputy Chairman, Public Transport Council, Singapore.