No. S 457
Road Traffic Act
(CHAPTER 276)
Road Traffic
(Public Service Vehicles)
(Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers,
Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers)
(Amendment) Rules 2020
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 111 of the Road Traffic Act, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1.—(1)  These Rules are the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) (Amendment) Rules 2020 and, except for rules 2(b) and 3(b), come into operation on 11 June 2020.
(2)  Rules 2(b) and 3(b) are deemed to have come into operation on 7 April 2020.
Amendment of rule 4
2.  Rule 4 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules (R 8) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) is amended —
(a)by deleting sub‑paragraph (ii) of paragraph (2)(c); and
(b)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:
(2A)  Despite anything to the contrary in this rule, if an application under paragraph (1) is made by a person between 7 April 2020 and 6 August 2020 (both dates inclusive and called in this paragraph the specified period), the following provisions apply in respect of the application:
(a)any requirement under paragraph (2)(d) for the application to be accompanied by an assessment report, a certificate from a medical practitioner or a certificate of fitness (called in this paragraph the relevant document) does not apply in relation to the application unless the person is in possession of the relevant document at the time of the application;
(b)if the application is not accompanied by the relevant document on the date of the application, it is a condition of the licence that the person must, within 6 months after the grant of the licence, produce the relevant document which, if not for sub‑paragraph (a), is required to be accompanied by the application;
(c)any reference to the date of the applicant’s application in paragraphs (3) and (3A) is to be read as a reference to the date 6 months after the date of the application made during the specified period.”.
Amendment of rule 9
3.  Rule 9 of the principal Rules is amended —
(a)by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub‑paragraph (a) of paragraph (1), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:
(aa)a non-refundable additional fee of $25 if the applicant was, more than 6 months but less than 3 years before the date of the application, the holder of a licence authorising the applicant to drive, or act as a conductor, of the same class of vehicle in the application; and”; and
(b)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (1), the following paragraph:
(1A)  Despite anything to the contrary in this rule, if an application under paragraph (1) is made by a person —
(a)before the licence expiry date, being a date that is within the period between 7 April 2020 and 6 August 2020 (both dates inclusive); or
(b)after the licence expiry date (whether before, on or after 7 April 2020) and the application is made during that period,
the following provisions apply in respect of the application:
(c)the requirement under paragraph (1)(b) for the application to be accompanied by an assessment report does not apply in relation to the application unless the person is in possession of the assessment report at the time of the application;
(d)if the application is not accompanied by the assessment report on the date of the application, it is a condition of the renewed licence that the person must, within 6 months after the date on which it is renewed or the date of expiry of the previous licence, whichever is later, produce the assessment report which, if not for sub‑paragraph (c), is required to be accompanied by the application;
(e)any reference to the date of the applicant’s application in rule 4(3) is to be read as a reference to the date 6 months after the day on which the licence is renewed or the date of expiry of the previous licence, whichever is later.”.
Amendment of rule 23
4.  Rule 23(1) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “if a passenger requests for a receipt for the passenger’s journey in the taxi, issue to the passenger a receipt” in sub‑paragraph (r) and substituting the words “issue to the passenger, or any passenger if there is more than one passenger, a receipt for the passenger’s journey in the taxi,”.
[G.N. Nos. S 586/91; S 335/93; S 242/94; S 84/95; S 270/2000; S 587/2000; S 305/2003; S 674/2004; S 103/2005; S 302/2005; S 376/2005; S 356/2006; S 696/2006; S 139/2007; S 108/2008; S 242/2008; S 517/2009; S 572/2009; S 46/2011; S 164/2011; S 280/2011; S 539/2011; S 79/2012; S 252/2012; S 643/2012; S 501/2013; S 651/2013; S 815/2014; S 373/2015; S 736/2015; S 808/2015; S 27/2016; S 204/2016; S 209/2016; S 249/2016; S 367/2016; S 617/2016; S 313/2017; S 362/2017; S 539/2017; S 796/2017; S 314/2019]
Made on 8 June 2020.
CHAN HENG LOON ALAN
Chairman,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.
[LTA/L18.029.002/EE/VLC.20.01; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2020/14 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).