Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) (Amendment) Rules 2014

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 15 Dec 2014

No. S 815

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Public Service Vehicles)
(Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers,
Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers)
(Amendment) Rules 2014

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

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) (Amendment) Rules 2014 and shall come into operation on 1 January 2015.

New rule 22A

2. The Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules (R 8) are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 22, the following rule:

“Prohibition on soliciting or loitering to solicit passengers

22A.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person licensed to drive a specified vehicle shall not, in a public place —

(a)	loiter for the purpose of soliciting passengers, by any means, for any specified vehicle; or
(b)	solicit passengers, other than by means of advertisement, for any specified vehicle.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where the person referred to in that paragraph loiters or solicits passengers with the consent in writing of the owner or operator of the public place, in accordance with the terms of such consent.

(3) In this rule —

“advertisement” means solicitation by the following means:

(a)	publication in a newspaper, magazine, journal or other periodical;
(b)	display of posters or notices;
(c)	circulars, handbills, brochures, pamphlets, books or other documents;
(d)	letters addressed to individuals, bodies corporate or bodies unincorporate;
(e)	photographs or cinematograph films; or
(f)	sound broadcasting, television, the Internet or other media;

“specified vehicle” means an excursion bus, an omnibus, a private hire bus or a school bus.”.

[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]

Made on 15 December 2014.

MICHAEL LIM CHOO SAN

Chairman,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/RTA/NN/MA/PSV(Amnd)Rules2014; AG/LLRD/SL/276/2010/40 Vol. 2]

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

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