Parking Places (Deficiency Charge — Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2019

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 Jan 2019

No. S 75

Parking Places Act

(CHAPTER 214)

Parking Places
(Deficiency Charge — Exemption)
(Amendment) Order 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 21 of the Parking Places Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Parking Places (Deficiency Charge — Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2019 and comes into operation on 1 February 2019.

Amendment of paragraph 3

2. Paragraph 3 of the Parking Places (Deficiency Charge — Exemption) Order 2018 (G.N. No. S 282/2018) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “the parking lots” and substituting the words “the number of parking lots for cars, motor cycles, coaches or lorries”; and

(b)

by renumbering the paragraph as sub‑paragraph (1) of that paragraph, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraphs:

“(2) An owner or occupier of any land or premises is exempt from the payment of any deficiency charge under section 6B(1)(b) of the Act in respect of a development involving the provision of parking lots in a private parking place where the number of parking lots for cars, motor cycles, coaches or lorries provided is less than the applicable number of parking lots for that development if —

(a)	the land or premises is situated entirely within a public park within the meaning of the Parks and Trees Act (Cap. 216) and on which no development is being carried out; or
(b)	the Authority has determined that in the interests of safety no parking lots are to be provided on that land or premises.

(3) In making the determination mentioned in sub‑paragraph (2)(b), the Authority must have regard to, and give such weight as the Authority considers appropriate to, all of the following matters:

(a)	whether there is, or there is proposed to be, direct access to the land or premises from expressways, slip roads, acceleration or deceleration lanes, bus or taxi bays or major arterial roads;
(b)	whether the land or premises is situated close to traffic junctions, road bends, pedestrian crossings or bus stops;
(c)	the safety of pedestrians, drivers, riders and other road and public path users;
(d)	traffic flow at or around the land or premises;
(e)	such other matters and evidence as may be relevant.

(4) An owner or occupier of any land or premises is exempt from the payment of any deficiency charge under section 6B(1)(b) of the Act in respect of a development involving the provision of parking lots in a private parking place where the number of parking lots for cars, motor cycles, coaches or lorries provided is more than the applicable number of parking lots for that development —

(a)	if no part of that land or premises is within a distance of 3 km from a railway station of a rapid transit system, and the PTAL score for that land or premises is less than 2; or
(b)	directly because of a change in the applicable requirements for parking places resulting from the carrying out of any development (within the meaning of section 3 of the Planning Act) that does not involve demolition and reconstruction.

(5) In sub-paragraph (4) —

“applicable number” means the requirement relating to the number of parking lots which is prescribed in the Parking Places (Provision of Parking Places and Parking Lots) Rules 2018 (G.N. No. S 286/2018), but does not include a minimum requirement;

“distance”, in relation to a railway station of a rapid transit system, means —

(a)	where there is only one contiguous boarding area in the station, the distance from the geometric centre of the boarding area of the station; or
(b)	where there is more than one contiguous boarding area in the station, the distance measured from the point that is the geometric centre of the 2 outermost boarding areas of the station;

“PTAL score” means the public transport accessibility level score, determined in accordance with Annex H of the Traffic Impact Assessment Guidelines for Developments (2017 Edition), which is published by the Authority and accessible on its website.”.

Made on 30 January 2019.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.271.0.04.0.17; AG/LEGIS/SL/214/2015/17 Vol. 1]

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