Bus Services Industry (Non-Regular Route Service) Order 2016

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 22 Jan 2016

No. S 29

Bus Services Industry Act 2015

(ACT 30 OF 2015)

Bus Services Industry (Non-Regular Route
Service) Order 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph (d) of the definition of “regular route service” in section 2 of the Bus Services Industry Act 2015, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Bus Services Industry (Non‑Regular Route Service) Order 2016 and comes into operation on 22 January 2016.

Definitions

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —

“cross‑border bus service” means a bus service consisting of the carriage of passengers in a bus —

(a)	between Singapore and Johor; and
(b)	for journeys with more than 2 bus stopping points in Singapore;

“limited‑stop bus service” means a bus service consisting of the carriage of passengers for a fare on journeys —

(a)	between 2 places, one of which is ordinarily an airport, railway station, rapid transit system station, bus interchange, university or business park; and
(b)	with no more than 3 intermediate bus stopping points during the journey from one place to the other,

and includes the following:

(i)	Clementi Park to Clementi MRT Station Shuttle Bus Service;
(ii)	Telok Blangah Heights Shuttle Service;
(iii)	Savannah Condominium to East Point Shopping Centre Shuttle Bus Service;
(iv)	Rhu Cross to Stadium Station Shuttle Bus Service;
(v)	Shuttle Bus Service between Tampines Central 4 and Tampines Street 11;
(vi)	Shuttle Bus Service between Sentosa Cove Residential Precincts (North Cove) and HarbourFront MRT Station;
(vii)	Shuttle Bus Service between Sentosa Cove Residential Precincts (South Cove) and HarbourFront MRT Station;
(viii)	Shuttle Bus Service between Sentosa Cove Village and HarbourFront Bus Interchange;
(ix)	Shuttle Bus Service between Sentosa Cove Residential Precincts (North Cove) and Sentosa Cove Village;
(x)	Shuttle Bus Service between Sentosa Cove Residential Precincts (South Cove) and Sentosa Cove Village;
(xi)	Shuttle Bus Service between Tanah Merah MRT Station and Changi Airfreight Centre;
(xii)	Tuas View Square and Boon Lay Way Shuttle Bus Service;
(xiii)	Shuttle Bus Service between CleanTech One and Pioneer MRT Station (Off‑peak and PM peak);
(xiv)	Kranji MRT Station and Kranji Countryside Shuttle Bus Service;

“ “Little India” bus service” means a bus service consisting of the carriage of foreign employees (as defined in the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (Cap. 91A)) by bus on Sundays or public holidays between the employees’ dormitories and —

(a)	the bus stopping point along Tekka Lane; or
(b)	the bus stopping point along Hampshire Road;

“premium bus service” means a bus service consisting of the carriage of passengers in a bus —

(a)	to provide alternative passenger transport to any regular route service, or train service on a rapid transit system in Singapore; and
(b)	for a higher fare payable for a journey to the same destination on a regular route service or a train service on a rapid transit system in Singapore or both;

“scheme B bus service” means a bus service consisting of the carriage of passengers to supplement regular route services on buses operated by any holder of a Class 1 bus service licence during the following hours on days that are not public holidays:

(a)	from 6.00 a.m. to 9.45 a.m. and from 4.15 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. on weekdays;
(b)	from 6.00 a.m. to 9.45 a.m. and from 11.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. on Saturdays;

“temporary bus service” means a bus service which operates for a continuous period of not more than 6 months.

Non-regular route services

3. The following bus services are excluded from the definition of “regular route service” in section 2 of the Act:

(a)	a cross‑border bus service;
(b)	a limited‑stop bus service;
(c)	a “Little India” bus service;
(d)	a premium bus service;
(e)	a scheme B bus service;
(f)	a temporary bus service.

Made on 21 January 2016.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.B.271.0.003.0.3; AG/LEGIS/SL/30D/2015/1 Vol. 1]

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