Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2014 (Savings and Transitional Provisions) (No. 2) Rules 2015

Status:

Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 28 Dec 2015

No. S 793

Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2014

(ACT 28 OF 2014)

Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2014
(Savings and Transitional Provisions) (No. 2)
Rules 2015

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 28(6) of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2014, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2014 (Savings and Transitional Provisions) (No. 2) Rules 2015 and come into operation on 1 January 2016.

Savings provision for certain work pass drivers

2.—(1) During the period beginning on 1 January 2016 and ending on 31 December 2016 —

(a)	sections 8 and 27(b) and (c) of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2014 do not apply to a holder of a valid foreign driving licence who became a work pass driver before 1 January 2016 and who continues to be a work pass driver on 1 January 2016; and
(b)	sections 38 and 47F(4) of the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276) as in force immediately before 1 January 2016 continue to apply to such a holder of a valid foreign driving licence as if sections 8 and 27(b) and (c) of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2014 had not been enacted.

(2) In this rule, “work pass driver” means the holder of a work pass issued under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (Cap. 91A) who drives a motor vehicle carrying passengers or goods or both —

(a)	for hire or reward; or
(b)	because of or under a contract of employment.

Made on 7 December 2015.

LEO YIP

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/033; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/9 Vol. 1]

Search within Legislation