Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2007

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 06 Aug 2007

No. S 412

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2007

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

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2007 and shall come into operation on 6th August 2007.

[G.N. Nos. S 569/2002; S 54/2003; S 228/2003; S 380/2003; S423/2003; S 505/2003; S 47/2004; S 250/2004; S 460/2004; S 666/2004; S 715/2004; S719/2004; S 787/2004; S 65/2005; S 283/2005; S 522/2005; S 566/2005; S 640/2005; S692/2005; S 695/2005; S 726/2005; S 279/2006; S 354/2006; S 483/2006; S 607/2006; S8/2007; S 49/2007; S 196/2007]

Amendment of First Schedule

2. The First Schedule to the Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) Rules (R 38) is amended —

(a)

by deleting all the items under the heading “CHARGES ON SATURDAYS” in Part VI and substituting the following items:

Charges on Saturdays

Amount of road user charge payable on any Saturday, not being a public holiday, except that where such day falls on the eve of the New Year, Lunar New Year, Hari Raya Puasa, Deepavali or Christmas, the restricted hours shall be from 12 noon to 1 p.m. only.

First column

Second column

Restricted hours and amount of road user charge payable

Types of vehicles

From 12 noon to 6.30 p.m.

From 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

1. Motor cycles, scooters, mopeds and motor cycles with side-cars, registered in Singapore or elsewhere

$0.25

$0.50

2. Motor cars registered in Singapore or elsewhere, taxis registered elsewhere and goods vehicles registered elsewhere, the maximum laden weight of which does not exceed 3.5 metric tons

$0.50

$1.00

3. Motor vehicles licensed under the Act as taxis

$0.50

$1.00

4. Goods vehicles registered in Singapore, the maximum laden weight of which does not exceed 3.5 metric tons

$0.50

$1.00

5. Goods vehicles registered in Singapore or elsewhere, the maximum laden weight of which exceeds 3.5 metric tons but does not exceed 16 metric tons

$0.75

$1.50

6. Goods vehicles registered in Singapore or elsewhere, the maximum laden weight of which exceeds 16 metric tons, and construction equipment and engineering plants registered in Singapore or elsewhere

$1.00

$2.00

7. Buses registered in Singapore or elsewhere constructed for the carriage of not more than 30 passengers (excluding the driver)

$0.75

$1.50

8. Buses registered in Singapore or elsewhere constructed for the carriage of more than 30 passengers (excluding the driver)

$1.00

$2.00

”.

(b)

by deleting all the items under the heading “CHARGES” in Part VIB and substituting the following items:

Charges on Weekdays

Amount of road user charge payable on any day from Monday to Friday, not being a public holiday, except that where such day falls on the eve of the New Year, Lunar New Year, Hari Raya Puasa, Deepavali or Christmas, the restricted hours shall be from 12 noon to 1 p.m. only.

First column

Second column

Restricted hours and amount of road user charge payable

Types of vehicles

From 12 noon to 8 p.m.

1. Motor cycles, scooters, mopeds and motor cycles with side-cars, registered in Singapore or elsewhere

$0.25

2. Motor cars registered in Singapore or elsewhere, taxis registered elsewhere and goods vehicles registered elsewhere, the maximum laden weight of which does not exceed 3.5 metric tons

$0.50

3. Motor vehicles licensed under the Act as taxis

$0.50

4. Goods vehicles registered in Singapore, the maximum laden weight of which does not exceed 3.5 metric tons

$0.50

5. Goods vehicles registered in Singapore or elsewhere, the maximum laden weight of which exceeds 3.5 metric tons but does not exceed 16 metric tons

$0.75

$1.00

7. Buses registered in Singapore or elsewhere constructed for the carriage of not more than 30 passengers (excluding the driver)

$0.75

8. Buses registered in Singapore or elsewhere constructed for the carriage of more than 30 passengers (excluding the driver)

$1.00

Charges on Saturdays

First column

Second column

Restricted hours and amount of road user charge payable

Types of vehicles

From 12 noon to 6.30 p.m.

From 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

1. Motor cycles, scooters, mopeds and motor cycles with side-cars, registered in Singapore or elsewhere

$0.25

$0.50

2. Motor cars registered in Singapore or elsewhere, taxis registered elsewhere and goods vehicles registered elsewhere, the maximum laden weight of which does not exceed 3.5 metric tons

$0.50

$1.00

3. Motor vehicles licensed under the Act as taxis

$0.50

$1.00

4. Goods vehicles registered in Singapore, the maximum laden weight of which does not exceed 3.5 metric tons

$0.50

$1.00

5. Goods vehicles registered in Singapore or elsewhere, the maximum laden weight of which exceeds 3.5 metric tons but does not exceed 16 metric tons

$0.75

$1.50

$1.00

$2.00

7. Buses registered in Singapore or elsewhere constructed for the carriage of not more than 30 passengers (excluding the driver)

$0.75

$1.50

8. Buses registered in Singapore or elsewhere constructed for the carriage of more than 30 passengers (excluding the driver)

$1.00

$2.00.”.

Made this 2nd day of August 2007.

CHOI SHING KWOK

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/RTA/RY/IE-ERP.04.07; AG/LEG/SL/276/2005/13 Vol. 2]

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

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