Parking Places (Urban Redevelopment Authority) Order

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Parking Places Act

(CHAPTER 214, Section 9)

Parking Places (Urban Redevelopment Authority) Order

O 2

G.N. No. S 441/2000

REVISED EDITION 2009

(31st March 2009)

[1st October 2000]

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Parking Places (Urban Redevelopment Authority) Order.

Definitions

2. In this Order —

“Deputy Superintendent” means the Deputy Superintendent of Car Parks (Urban Redevelopment Authority) appointed under section 3(3) of the Act;

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“DP app” and “parking session” have the meanings given by the Parking Places (Digital Payment — Parking Charges) Rules 2017 (G.N. No. S 553/2017);

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“Form” means a form of a parking coupon set out in the Second Schedule to the Parking Places (Coupon Parking) Rules (R 3) and a form so numbered means a form so numbered in that Schedule;

“Housing and Development Board” means the Housing and Development Board established under section 3 of the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129);

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“housing estate” means any housing estate built on any land vested in or held in trust by the Housing and Development Board;

“monthly parking coupon” means a parking coupon in Form 5;

“operating hours” means the days and times indicated on any parking sign;

“parking coupon” has the meaning given by the Parking Places (Coupon Parking) Rules (R 3);

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“parking sign” means any parking sign placed or erected by the Superintendent in accordance with rule 2A of the Parking Places Rules (R 2) at or near any parking place indicating that such place is a parking place within section 4 of the Act;

“plans” means the plans of designated parking places and lists of roads approved by the Superintendent which are available for inspection by the public free of charge during normal office hours at the office of the Deputy Superintendent;

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“place of residence”, in relation to an individual who is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore, means the individual’s address as registered under the National Registration Act (Cap. 201);

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“whole day parking coupon” means a parking coupon in Form 4.

Charges

3. The charges set out in each Part of the Schedule are payable for the parking of motor cars, motor vehicles, motor cycles, motor scooters, trailers or cranes during the operating hours of any parking place described in the plans relating to that Part, except where —

(a)	a whole day or monthly parking coupon is used; or
(b)	the appropriate monthly charge mentioned in paragraph 5 of the Parking Places (Housing and Development Board) Order (O 1) has been paid and there has been no refund of the whole or any part of that charge. [S 616/2016 wef 01/12/2016]

Reduced charges

3A.—(1) The Deputy Superintendent may allow an individual who has his place of residence in the vicinity of any parking place described in the plans mentioned in paragraph 3, to pay a reduced charge of $80 per month for the parking of a motor vehicle in that parking place if the individual —

(a)	is the registered owner of that motor vehicle; or
(b)	is related to the registered owner of that motor vehicle.

(2) The Deputy Superintendent’s power to allow an individual to pay a reduced charge under sub‑paragraph (1) in relation to a parking place is subject to the following:

(a)	there must be no other individual who has been allowed to pay a reduced charge in respect of that place of residence;
(b)	the individual is only allowed to pay the reduced charge in respect of one motor vehicle as identified by the Deputy Superintendent;
(c)	the individual must furnish to the satisfaction of the Deputy Superintendent proof that the individual satisfies the criteria mentioned in sub‑paragraph (1).

(3) Where an individual paying a reduced charge under this paragraph —

(a)	changes his place of residence; or
(b)	ceases to be the registered owner of the motor vehicle or to be related to the registered owner of the motor vehicle (as the case may be),

he must inform the Deputy Superintendent within 7 days after such change or cessation.

(4) Where an individual who has paid a reduced charge under this paragraph for the parking of a motor vehicle in a parking place for any month of the year ceases, before or during that month —

(a)	to have his place of residence in the vicinity of that parking place; or
(b)	to be the registered owner of the motor vehicle or to be related to the registered owner of the motor vehicle,

that individual must pay, within 14 days after a written demand by the Deputy Superintendent, the difference between —

(i)	the full amount of the charge payable for the parking of the motor vehicle in that parking place for that month as set out in the Schedule; and
(ii)	the reduced charge.

(5) For the purposes of this paragraph, an individual is related to the registered owner of a motor vehicle if —

(a)	he is the parent, sibling, child or spouse of the registered owner (where the registered owner is an individual);
(b)	he is an associate of the registered owner (where the registered owner is an entity);
(c)	he is an employee of the registered owner and is designated by the registered owner for the purposes of this paragraph;
(d)	he is an employee of an entity and is designated by the registered owner (who is an associate of that entity) for the purposes of this paragraph, and the motor vehicle is a business service passenger vehicle used for the purposes of that entity; or
(e)	he or his parent, sibling, child, spouse or employer, is the hirer of the motor vehicle.

(6) In this paragraph —

“associate”, in relation to an entity, means —

(a)	in the case where the entity is a body corporate, a director or the chief executive of that body corporate;
(b)	in the case where the entity is a partnership or a limited liability partnership, a partner of that partnership or limited liability partnership; or
(c)	in the case where the entity is an unincorporated association, the president or a member of the governing body of that unincorporated association;

“business service passenger vehicle” has the same meaning as in rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (Cap. 276, R 5);

“entity” means —

(a)	a body corporate;
(b)	a partnership or a limited liability partnership; or
(c)	an unincorporated association;

“limited liability partnership” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A);

“motor vehicle” means —

(a)	a motor car; or
(b)	any other motor vehicle the weight of which unladen does not exceed 1,800 kilograms. [S 616/2016 wef 01/12/2016]

Charges for whole day or monthly parking coupons

4. There shall be payable for the whole day or monthly parking coupons in the Forms set out in the first column the charges set out opposite thereto in the second column:

First column

Second column

(a)

Form 4

(i)	In the case of a parking place described in any plan applicable to Parts 1, 2, 10 and 27 of the Schedule, $20.

(ii)	In the case of a parking place described in any plan applicable to Parts 3 to 9, 11, 14 and 28 to 31 of the Schedule, $12.

(b)

Form 5

(i)	In the case of a parking place described in any plan applicable to Parts 1, 2, 10 and 27 of the Schedule, $552.

(ii)	In the case of a parking place described in any plan applicable to Parts 3 to 9, 11, 14 and 28 to 31 of the Schedule, $360.

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Charges for concessionary season parking

5. For the purposes of paragraph 5(3)(b) of the Parking Places (Housing and Development Board) Order (O 1), a parking place mentioned in that paragraph is any parking place described in the plans relating to a Part (other than Parts 9, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23 and 31) of the Schedule.

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[G.N. Nos. S 441/2000; S 427/2001; S 438/2002; S 296/2003; S 885/2005; S 581/2007; S 70/2009]

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