Road Traffic (Driver Improvement Points System) (Amendment) Rules 2013

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Dec 2013

No. S 837

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Driver Improvement Points System)
(Amendment) Rules 2013

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 45(2) of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Home Affairs hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Driver Improvement Points System) (Amendment) Rules 2013 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2014.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Driver Improvement Points System) Rules (R 25) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately before the definition of “driving licence”, the following definition:

“ “Demerit Points No Parking Zone” means any part of a road that is marked with a single yellow zig‑zag line, and includes the public footpath adjacent to the road;”; and

(b)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “scheduled offence” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definitions:

“ “school” has the same meaning as in the Education Act (Cap. 87);

“school zone” means any part of a road that is —

(a)	adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of a school; and
(b)	between a traffic sign indicating the beginning of a school zone and a traffic sign indicating the end of a school zone.”.

Amendment of rule 3

3. Rule 3 of the Road Traffic (Driver Improvement Points System) Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(1) Where the holder of a driving licence or the holder of a foreign driving licence —

(a)	is convicted of a scheduled offence; or
(b)	pays a sum of money to compound a scheduled offence he is reasonably suspected to have committed,

the Deputy Commissioner of Police shall award against that holder the demerit points specified in the Schedule for that scheduled offence.

(1A) Where the scheduled offence referred to in paragraph (1) is an offence listed in item (1)(a) to (e), (2)(a) to (e), (25), (26) or (27) of the Schedule, and the scheduled offence is committed, or is reasonably suspected to have been committed, in a school zone by the holder of a driving licence or foreign driving licence, the Deputy Commissioner of Police may award against the holder concerned one demerit point in addition to the demerit points awarded under paragraph (1).”; and

(b)

by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(2) Any demerit points awarded under paragraph (1) or (1A) shall take effect from the date on which the scheduled offence is committed or, in the case where the offence is compounded, on which the scheduled offence is reasonably suspected to have been committed.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 220/94; S 311/98; S 621/98; S 78/99; S 459/99; S 45/2000; S 634/2005; S 645/2010; S 34/2011; S 689/2011]

Made this 10th day of December 2013.

BENNY LIM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/033; AG/LLRD/SL/276/2010/10 Vol. 1]

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

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