No. S 731
Road Traffic Act
(CHAPTER 276)
Road Traffic
(Quota System — Exemption)
(Amendment) Order 2017
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 is the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2017 and comes into operation on 18 December 2017.
Amendment of paragraph 2
2.  Paragraph 2 of the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) Order (O 5) (called in this Order the principal Order) is amended —
(a)by deleting the definitions of “community bus service”, “courtesy bus service” and “tourist bus service”; and
(b)by deleting the definition of “regular route service” and substituting the following definition:
“ “regular route service” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Bus Services Industry Act 2015 (Act 30 of 2015);”.
Amendment of paragraph 3
3.  Paragraph 3 of the principal Order is amended by deleting the words “SBS Transit Ltd., SMRT Buses Ltd. or” in sub‑paragraph (a).
Amendment of paragraph 5
4.  Paragraph 5 of the principal Order is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:
(1)  An exemption under paragraph 3(a) is subject to the condition that the exempted vehicle may only be used for the operation of a scheduled service which the registered owner of the exempted vehicle is approved to operate under rule 6A(1) of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules (R 14).
(1A)  An exemption under paragraph 3(aa) in relation to an omnibus registered in the name of a bus services contractor is subject to the condition that the exempted vehicle may only be used for any of the following purposes:
(a)the operation of any regular route service under a Class 1 bus service licence granted or deemed granted under Part 3 of the Bus Services Industry Act 2015;
(b)use as an excursion bus, a private hire bus or a private bus that is permitted under rule 58(1)(a) of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 9/2001; S 95/2007; S 367/2012; S 649/2015]
Made on 13 December 2017.
LOH NGAI SENG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.
[MOT.B.271.0.003.0.3; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/35 Vol. 1]