Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2015

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 06 Nov 2015

No. S 649

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption)
(Amendment) Order 2015

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 142 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2015 and comes into operation on 6 November 2015.

Amendment of paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 2 of the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) Order (O 5) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately before the definition of “consular employee”, the following definitions:

“ “bus services contractor” means any person who has a contract with the Authority to provide 10 or more regular route services specified in the contract;

“community bus service” means a bus service —

(a)	consisting of the carriage of passengers by a bus for or in connection with the activities of a religious, educational, health, welfare, philanthropic, sporting or charitable organisation; and
(b)	provided for a fare, or for consideration which is limited to the costs or part of the costs incurred in making the journey;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “consular officer”, the following definition:

“ “courtesy bus service” means a bus service which is —

(a)	provided for the purpose of promoting the sale or supply of any product or service sold or supplied by a business organisation in the course of business in Singapore; and
(b)	provided for a fare, or for consideration which is limited to the costs or part of the costs incurred in making the journey;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “registered owner”, the following definition:

“ “regular route service” means a bus service that is conducted according to pre-determined routes and timetables with 2 or more bus stopping points within Singapore, but does not include —

(a)	a tourist bus service;
(b)	a community bus service; or
(c)	a courtesy bus service;”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “restricted vintage vehicle”, the following definition:

“ “tourist bus service” means a bus service where —

(a)	tourism is a major and regular feature or focus of the service;
(b)	the passenger profile including, in particular, whether users of the service, are mainly sightseers or pursuing mainly tourism activities;
(c)	all passengers’ journeys stop at or divert to points of cultural, historic, scenic, scientific or sporting interest in Singapore; and
(d)	the passengers are taken on to or back to hotels or other tourist accommodation or a tourism travel connection;”.

Amendment of paragraph 3

3. Paragraph 3 of the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) Order is amended by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (a), the following sub‑paragraph:

“(aa)

an omnibus which is registered in the name of the Authority or any bus services contractor, and which is or is to be used for any regular route service;”.

[G.N. Nos. S 9/2001; S 95/2007; S 367/2012]

Made on 5 November 2015.

CHOI SHING KWOK

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/RTA/RY/MA/EO_2014; AG/LLRD/SL/276/2010/50 Vol. 2]

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