Road Traffic (Driving Instructors and Driving Schools) (Amendment) Rules 2016

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 28 Dec 2016

No. S 695

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic (Driving Instructors and
Driving Schools) (Amendment) Rules 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 61 and 140 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Road Traffic (Driving Instructors and Driving Schools) (Amendment) Rules 2016 and come into operation on 1 January 2017.

Amendment of rule 3

2. Rule 3 of the Road Traffic (Driving Instructors and Driving Schools) Rules (R 16) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “instructor’s licence” in paragraph (2), the words “for a class of vehicles”;

(b)

by deleting sub‑paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(a)	has held for a period of at least 3 years a driving licence for a vehicle of the same class; and”; and

(c)

by deleting “70” in paragraph (3) and substituting “75”.

Deletion and substitution of rule 18

3. Rule 18 of the Road Traffic (Driving Instructors and Driving Schools) Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Circumstances where instructor’s licence ceases to be valid

18.—(1) An instructor’s licence ceases to be valid when —

(a)

the licensee is disqualified under the Act for at least one year from holding or obtaining a driving licence for any class of vehicles;

(b)

the driving licence held by the licensee is suspended under the Act for at least one year, or is revoked under the Act; or

(c)

the licensee attains 70, 71, 72, 73 or 74 years of age (each called an applicable age), unless —

(i)

within 2 months before attaining an applicable age, the licensee undergoes a medical examination mentioned in section 35(10A)(a) of the Act at the licensee’s own expense; and

(ii)

the licensee submits to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, within such time as the Deputy Commissioner of Police may require but in any event no later than the date before the licensee attains the applicable age, a certification by the registered medical practitioner who conducted the medical examination, that the licensee is physically fit to drive a vehicle of the class for which the instructor’s licence was granted.

(2) An instructor’s licence for a class of vehicles ceases to be valid when, under section 35(10A) of the Act, the licensee’s driving licence for that class of vehicle ceases to be in force.

(3) Where an instructor’s licence ceases to be valid under paragraph (1), the licensee must return the licence to the Deputy Commissioner of Police.

(4) Nothing in this rule affects the power of the Deputy Commissioner of Police under section 53(1)(a)(ii) or (b) of the Act to revoke or suspend an instructor’s licence in any case where —

(a)	the licensee is disqualified under the Act for less than one year from holding or obtaining a driving licence for any class of vehicles; or
(b)	the driving licence held by the licensee is suspended under the Act for less than one year.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 81/95; S 362/96; S 76/99]

Made on 23 December 2016.

LOH NGAI SENG

Second Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[112/2/033-VOL-0001-TF-0006; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/37 Vol. 1]

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

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