Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors and Passengers) Rules

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276, Sections 111, 140 and 144)

Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules

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REVISED EDITION 1990

(25th March 1992)

[12th July 1974]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules.

Definitions

2. For the purpose of these Rules —

“authorised officer” means a person 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;

“authorised person” means a licensee of a public service vehicle, or employee of the owner of a public service vehicle, or a person acting as a driver or conductor of a vehicle while it is being used for the carriage of passengers for the purpose of gain;

“conductor” means a person licensed under these Rules to act as a conductor of a vehicle;

“driver” means a person licensed under these Rules to drive a vehicle;

“licence” means a vocational licence to act as a driver or conductor of a vehicle or to ride a trishaw granted under these Rules;

“licensee” means the holder of a licence and, in Part III only, includes a person who is exempted under section 142 of the Act from the requirement to hold a licence.

“public stand” means any public stand provided for public service vehicles under Part V of the Act and includes a bus terminus and taxi stand;

[S 139/2007 wef 30/03/2007]

“taxi stop” means an area of a road designated as such by means of a sign similar to that specified in Diagram 1 or Diagram 2 of the First Schedule and marked on the road by means of yellow lines;

[S 164/2011 wef 29/03/2011]

“trishaw rider” means a person licensed under these Rules to ride a trishaw for the purpose of gain;

“vehicle” means any public service vehicle;

“vocational licence” means a vocational licence issued under section 110 of the Act.

[S 586/91 wef 01/01/1992]

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