Vehicle to be clean and in good order
4.—(1)  No licensee shall ply a public service vehicle for the purpose of gain or cause or permit a vehicle to be plied for the purpose of gain if the vehicle or any of its accessories or appurtenances are not clean or in proper repair, good order or condition.
(2)  Except where the Registrar otherwise permits, no licence shall be renewed in respect of —
(a)an excursion bus, a school bus, a private hire bus or a private bus which has been used for more than 20 years;
(b)an omnibus which —
(i)in a case where the omnibus licence is issued before 1st September 2003, is more than 15 years old on that date; or
(ii)in any other case, is more than 17 years old; or
[S 425/2003 wef 01/09/2003]
[S 471/2006 wef 01/08/2006]
(c)a taxi which —
(i)in a case where the taxi licence is issued before 1 September 2003 — is more than 7 years old on that date;
(ii)in a case where the taxi licence is issued on or after 1 September 2003 for a taxi which is not a specified taxi — is more than 8 years on that date; or
(iii)in a case where the taxi licence is issued for a taxi which is a specified taxi — is more than 10 years old on that date.
[S 739/2022 wef 15/09/2022]
(d)[Deleted by S 471/2006 wef 01/08/2006]
(3)  In this rule, a specified taxi is a taxi which —
(a)is an electric car registered on or after 15 September 2022; or
(b)is an electric car registered before 15 September 2022 and the certificate of entitlement for that taxi has been extended or restored under rule 24BA of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31).
[S 739/2022 wef 15/09/2022]