Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules

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3 Application for licence

4 Vehicle to be clean and in good order

5 Maximum number of passengers

5A Installation of additional seats prohibited

6 No person without vocational licence shall drive a public service vehicle

7 Refusal to renew or revocation or suspension of licence

8 Return of licence upon revocation or suspension

9 Issue of duplicate licence

10 Registrar may compel production of vehicle for inspection

11 Periodic inspection, testing and approval of vehicle

12 Registrar may examine vehicle

13 Vehicle may be seized

14 No radio, television or acoustic equipment to be installed

15 Taxi to be fitted with taximeter of type approved by Registrar

16 Taximeter to be sealed and in good order

17 Responsibility of licensee for taximeter

18 Air-conditioned taxi to be fitted with approved air-conditioner

19 Air-conditioned taxi to display notice prohibiting smoking

20 Production of taxi and taximeter for inspection

21 No taximeter to be tampered with, etc., without permission of Registrar

22 Fitting, mark or seal to be branded again

23 Approved fares to be displayed

24 Register to be kept by holder of taxi licence

25 Unauthorised taxi drivers prohibited

26 Suitability of omnibus

27 Stopping place for taking up and setting down passengers

28 Register to be kept by holder of omnibus licence

29 Maximum number of passengers

30 Conductor to hold vocational licence

31 Licensing of excursion buses

32 Register to be kept by holder of excursion bus licence

33 Prohibition on plying for hire on road, parking place or public stand

34 Prohibition on display of rates of hire

35 Conveyance of school children

36 Conveyance of adult workers, or hire out on contract

37 Non-compliance with Act or Rules

38 Suitability of vehicle

39 Register to be kept by holder of private hire car licence

40 Prohibition on plying for hire on road, parking place or public stand

41 Prohibition on display of rates of hire

42 Definition of this Part

43 Permit for conveying adult workers

44 Conditions attached to licence

45 Non-compliance with Act, Rules or any condition of permit

47 Conductor to hold vocational licence

48 Display of markings

49 Register to be kept by holder of school bus licence

50 Licensing of private hire bus

51 Conveyance of school children

52 Non-compliance with Act, Rules or any condition of licence

53 Register to be kept by holder of private hire bus licence

54 Licensing of private bus

55 Prohibition on plying for hire on road, parking place or public stand

56 Conveyance of school children

57 Conveyance of adult workers

58 Registrar may allow private hire buses, private buses and excursion buses to be used for certain purposes

59 Suitability of vehicle

60 Lamps, brakes, etc., to be approved

61 Maximum number of passengers

62 Plate or identification mark to be affixed on trishaw

63 Register to be kept by holder of trishaw licence

64 Trishaw rider to hold vocational licence

65 Valid insurance policy in relation to use of school bus or private bus licence

67 Markings of passenger capacity

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276, Sections 111 and 140)

Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules

R 14

G.N. No. S 117/1976

REVISED EDITION 1999

(30th September 1999)

[15th June 1976]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

“authorised officer” means an officer of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore authorised by the Registrar to discharge any of the functions and duties or to exercise any of the powers of the Registrar under these Rules;

“Council” means the Public Transport Council established under section 3 of the Public Transport Council Act (Cap. 259B);

“licence” means a licence granted under Part V of the Act to use a motor vehicle as a public service vehicle;

“licensee” means the holder of a licence;

“self-drive car” means a private hire car without a driver provided by the person who holds a licence in respect of such car.

(2) For the purposes of these Rules, licences granted under Part V of the Act shall be divided into the following classes:

(a)	an excursion bus licence; that is to say, a licence to use a vehicle as an excursion bus;
(b)	an omnibus licence; that is to say, a licence to use a vehicle as an omnibus;
(c)	a private bus licence; that is to say, a licence to use a vehicle as a private bus;
(d)	a school bus licence; that is to say, a licence to use a vehicle as a school bus;
(e)	a private hire bus licence; that is to say, a licence to use a vehicle as a private hire bus;
(f)	a private hire car licence; that is to say, a licence to use a vehicle as a private hire car;
(g)	a taxi licence; that is to say, a licence to use a vehicle as a taxi; and
(h)	a trishaw licence; that is to say, a licence to use a vehicle as a trishaw.

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