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No. S 511

Parking Places Act

(Chapter 214)

Parking Places (Coupon Parking) (Amendment) Rules 1996

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 8 of the Parking Places Act, the Minister for Communications hereby makes the following Rules:

1. These Rules may be cited as the Parking Places (Coupon Parking) (Amendment) Rules 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st December 1996.

2. Rule 4 of the Parking Places (Coupon Parking) Rules (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) Any person who parks a vehicle in any coupon parking place on the days and at the times indicated on any sign erected at that place shall display on the vehicle in the manner prescribed by rule 6 —

(a)	one or more valid coupons in the Form 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the Second Schedule having in the aggregate a value sufficient to meet the prescribed parking charges for the period during which the vehicle is parked or is to be parked in such parking place; or
(b)	valid coupon, being a coupon in the Form 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14 in the Second Schedule.”;

(b)

By inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (c ) of paragraph (2), the following sub-paragraph:

“(ca)

the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 5, 6, 7, 8, 13 or 14 in the Second Schedule, is used for the parking of a motor vehicle the weight of which unladen exceeds 1,500 kg;”;

(c)

By deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (2)(e);

(d)

by deleting the words “rule 7.” at the end of paragraph (2) (f ) and substituting the words “the instructions given in the Form in which the coupon is set out in that Schedule;”; and

(e)

by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (f ) of paragraph (2), the following sub-paragraphs:

“(g)	the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 7 or 8 in the Second Schedule, is used in a parking place at a time when the coupon does not entitle the holder to park at the parking place;
(h)	the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 11 or 12 in the Second Schedule, is used for the parking of a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or a scooter;
(i)	the coupon, being a coupon in any of the Forms in the Second Schedule, is used in a manner contrary to the instructions given in the coupon as set out in that Form or on a sign erected by the Superintendent at the parking place;
(j)	the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 11, 12, 13 or 14 in the Second Schedule, is used for the parking of a motor vehicle the vehicle number of which does not correspond to that indicated on the coupon;
(k)	the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 13 or 14 in the Second Schedule, is not of the month or year in which the vehicle is parked; or
(l)	the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 13 or 14 in the Second Schedule, does not indicate the vehicle number of the vehicle in accordance with rule 7, or does not bear the signature of a person authorised by the Superintendent to issue the coupon.”.

[R 3.]

[G.N. Nos.]

[S 84/92]

[S 336/95]

3. Rule 5 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting paragraph (2).

4. Rule 6 of the principal Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Method of display of parking coupons

6.—(1) As soon as a motor vehicle is parked in a coupon parking place, the driver of the vehicle shall —

(a)

where a coupon in any of the Forms 1 to 12 in the Second Schedule is used, display one or more of the coupons either on the offside of the front windscreen or the offside front window of the motor vehicle in such a manner that the coupon is clearly visible from the front or offside of the vehicle and the coupon shall have the date, time of commencement of parking of the vehicle and other particulars indicated therein in accordance with rule 7; and

(b)

where a coupon in the Form 13 or 14 in the Second Schedule is used, display the coupon on the near side of the front windscreen in such a manner that the coupon is clearly visible from the front or the near side of the vehicle.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a), where the vehicle is a motor cycle, scooter or other similar vehicle, the driver may display the coupon in a conspicuous and visible position on the motor cycle, scooter or vehicle.”.

5. The Second Schedule to the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Rules 4(2), 5(2) and 7” in the heading and substituting the words “Rules 4, 6(1) and (7)”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after Form 12, the following Forms:

“FORM 13

FORM 14

”.

Made this 27th day of November 1996.

TEO MING KIAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Communications,
Singapore.

[MINCOM LTA 271-04 Vol. 4; AG/SL/2/93/3]