No. S 743
Public Transport Council Act
(CHAPTER 259B)
Public Transport Council Act
(Amendment of Third Schedule) Order 2020
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 27B of the Public Transport Council Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Order is the Public Transport Council Act (Amendment of Third Schedule) Order 2020 and comes into operation on 3 September 2020.
Deletion and substitution of Third Schedule
2.  The Third Schedule to the Public Transport Council Act is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:
THIRD SCHEDULE
Section 24AB(1) and (2)
FARE ADJUSTMENT FORMULA
1.  The fare adjustment formula is 0.5 cCPI + 0.4 WI + 0.1 EI + NCF – 0.1%, where —
(a)cCPI is the change in Core Consumer Price Index between year 2019 and its previous year;
(b)WI is the change in National Average Monthly Earnings between year 2019 and its previous year, adjusted to account for any change in the employer’s Central Provident Fund contribution rate as specified in the Central Provident Fund Act (Cap. 36);
(c)EI is the change in Energy Index for electricity and fuel between year 2019 and its previous year; and
(d)NCF is the change in Network Capacity Factor between year 2019 and its previous year.
2.  In paragraph 1(d), the Network Capacity Factor is ascertained by the formula
where —
(a)A is the sum of the following quantum in respect of every part of the rapid transit system that was open for travel by passengers on a train:
(i)the quantum that is the product of —
(A)the total distance travelled during the period of a year or part of a year (as the case may be), starting on the first day of the 18th month after the month in which the part of the rapid transit system was open for travel, on every such part of the rapid transit system by a train that carried passengers as part of a train service; and
(B)the passenger capacity of the train;
(ii)the quantum worked out in accordance with sub‑paragraph (i) for the same period in respect of every other train that carried passengers as part of a train service on every such part of the rapid transit system;
(b)B is the total distance travelled during the same period on every part of the rapid transit system specified in A by every passenger on every train that was part of a train service;
(c)C is the sum of the following quantum:
(i)the quantum that is the product of —
(A)the total distance travelled during a year by a bus that carried passengers as part of a bus service; and
(B)the passenger capacity of the bus;
(ii)the quantum worked out in accordance with sub‑paragraph (i) for the same year in respect of every other bus that carried passengers as part of a bus service; and
(d)D is the total distance travelled during a year by every passenger on every bus that carried passengers as part of a bus service.
3.  A reference in paragraph 2(a) and (b) to a part of the rapid transit system includes an extension of an existing part of the system, but (to avoid doubt) excludes a new station on an existing part of the system.
4.  The reference to a bus in paragraph 2(c) does not include any bus designated by the LTA for the purpose of its programme to provide backup capacity to support the rail network on or after 1 January 2018.”.
Made on 26 August 2020.
LOH NGAI SENG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.
[B.134.0.002.2; AG/LEGIS/SL/259B/2020/1 Vol. 1]