Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276, Sections 111 and 140)

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 Authority 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;

[S 642/2016 wef 01/01/2017]

“chauffeured private hire car” means a private hire car hired, or made available for hire, for use primarily in the circumstances in paragraph (b) of the definition of “private hire car” but which may also be used in the circumstances in paragraph (a) of that definition;

[S 312/2017 wef 20/06/2017]

“chauffeured private hire car marking” means a mark which conforms to the diagram and specifications set out in the Fifth Schedule;

[S 361/2017 wef 01/07/2017]

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

“electric car” means a motor car that is mechanically propelled by means of electric traction motors;

[S 739/2022 wef 15/09/2022]

“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;

[Deleted by S 312/2017 wef 20/06/2017]

“owner”, for a public service vehicle, means the registered owner of the vehicle;

[S 312/2017 wef 20/06/2017]

“private hire car” means a motor car that does not ply for hire on any road, and —

(a)	is hired or made available for hire, under a contract (express or implied) for use as a whole by the hirer or any other individual authorised by the hirer in the contract to drive the car personally; or
(b)	is hired or made available for hire, under a contract (express or implied) for use as a whole with a driver for the purpose of conveying the hirer, and one or more passengers (if any), in that car;

[S 312/2017 wef 20/06/2017]

[Deleted by S 920/2020 wef 30/10/2020]

“self-drive private hire car” means a private hire car hired, or made available for hire, in the circumstances in paragraph (a) of the definition of “private hire car”.

[S 312/2017 wef 20/06/2017]

(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 chauffeured private hire car licence, that is to say, a licence to use, or make available for hire under a contract (express or implied) for use of, the vehicle as a chauffeured private hire car; [S 312/2017 wef 20/06/2017]
(fa)	a self-drive private hire car licence, that is to say, a licence to use, or make available for hire to use, the vehicle as a self-drive private hire car; [S 312/2017 wef 20/06/2017]
(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.

(3) In these Rules —

(a)

a reference to fares approved by the Council in relation to any taxi or taximeter in a taxi is a reference to the fares last lodged with the Council in accordance with —

(i)	the Public Transport Council (Street-hail Fare Pricing Policy) Order 2020 (G.N. No. S 918/2020) for a street-hail service using that taxi; or
(ii)	the Public Transport Council (Ride-hail Fare Pricing Policy) Order 2020 (G.N. No. S 916/2020) for a ride-hail service using that taxi; and

[S 920/2020 wef 30/10/2020]

(b)

a reference to a private hire car licence is a reference to both a chauffeured private hire car licence and a self-drive private hire car licence.

[S 312/2017 wef 20/06/2017]

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