Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Nov 2023

No. S 776

Road Traffic Act 1961

Road Traffic
(Public Service Vehicles)
(Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers,
Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers)
(Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 111 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 and come into operation on 1 December 2023.

Amendment of rule 21

2. In the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules (R 8) (called in these Rules the principal Rules), in rule 21 —

(a)

in paragraph (1)(n), after “chauffeured private hire car”, insert “or taxi”; and

(b)

after paragraph (2), insert —

“(3) Paragraph (1)(i) does not apply to a licensee when the licensee is acting as a taxi driver.”.

New rule 38

3. In the principal Rules, before rule 39, insert —

“Search of vehicle by driver and conductor

38. Immediately before or on the termination of any journey, the driver (other than a chauffeured private hire car driver or taxi driver) and the conductor (if any) of a vehicle must, as far as practicable, search the vehicle for any property left in the vehicle.”.

Amendment of rule 39

4. In the principal Rules, in rule 39(1), replace “Immediately before or on the termination of any journey, the driver and the conductor, if any, of a vehicle shall as far as practicable search the vehicle for any property left in the vehicle and shall immediately” with “The driver and the conductor (if any) of a vehicle must, as soon as reasonably practicable after finding any property left in the vehicle (whether or not pursuant to a search of the vehicle under rule 38),”.

[G.N. Nos. S 586/91; S 335/93; S 242/94; S 84/95; S 270/2000; S 587/2000; S 305/2003; S 674/2004; S 103/2005; S 302/2005; S 376/2005; S 356/2006; S 696/2006; S 139/2007; S 108/2008; S 242/2008; S 517/2009; S 572/2009; S 46/2011; S 164/2011; S 280/2011; S 539/2011; S 79/2012; S 252/2012; S 643/2012; S 501/2013; S 651/2013; S 815/2014; S 373/2015; S 736/2015; S 808/2015; S 27/2016; S 204/2016; S 209/2016; S 249/2016; S 367/2016; S 617/2016; S 313/2017; S 362/2017; S 539/2017; S 796/2017; S 314/2019; S 457/2020; S 651/2020; S 791/2020; S 919/2020; S 202/2022; S 166/2023; S 258/2023]

Made on 28 November 2023.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

Chairperson,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/L18.029/002/DN/SL/SL.23.01; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2020/14 Vol. 4]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961).

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