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
R 8
G.N. No. S 189/1974

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.
[S 572/2009 wef 20/11/2009]
Definitions
2.  For the purpose of these Rules —
“affiliated driver”, for a private hire car booking service operator, means a chauffeured private hire car driver who has an affiliated driver agreement with the private hire car booking service operator; and it is immaterial whether the driver is an employee or agent of the private hire car booking service operator;
[S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017]
“affiliated driver agreement” means an agreement between a chauffeured private hire car driver and a private hire car booking service operator —
(a)for the private hire car booking service operator to provide a booking service for the driver; and
(b)for the driver to provide a ride‑sourcing service booked through the private hire car booking service operator, and using a stated chauffeured private hire car;
[S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017]
“assessment report” means an assessment report prepared in accordance with rule 4(3) or 9(9) and (10), as the case may be;
[S 204/2016 wef 06/05/2016]
[S 651/2020 wef 30/07/2020]
“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)the holder of a public service vehicle licence issued under section 102 of the Act;
(b)an employee of the owner of a public service vehicle; or
(c)a person acting as a driver or conductor of a public service vehicle while it is being used for the carriage of passengers for the purpose of gain;
[S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017]
“certificate of fitness” means a certificate of fitness prepared in accordance with rule 4(3A) or 9A(3) or (4) (as the case may be) certifying that a person is physically and mentally fit to hold a licence to drive a vehicle or to be a conductor;
[S 252/2012 wef 01/06/2012]
[S 651/2020 wef 30/07/2020]
“certified private hire car licensee” means a holder of a public service vehicle licence who is certified under rule 8 of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules (R 14) as a certified private hire car licensee;
[S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017]
“chauffeured private hire car” means a motor car that is the subject of a chauffeured private hire car licence granted under the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules;
[S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017]
“chauffeured private hire car driver” means a person who is authorised by a licence to drive a chauffeured private hire car for reward (whether or not as an employee);
[S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017]
“Class 3 bus” means a bus the weight of which unladen does not exceed 2,500 kilograms;
[S 204/2016 wef 06/05/2016]
“Class 4 vehicle” means a vehicle the weight of which unladen exceeds 2,500 kilograms;
[S 651/2020 wef 30/07/2020]
“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;
“driving fitness assessor” means —
(a)an occupational therapist; or
(b)a person holding a valid licence under section 51 of the Act who is approved by the Registrar to make an assessment on whether a person is physically fit to hold a licence to drive a vehicle;
[S 651/2020 wef 30/07/2020]
“licence” means a vocational licence granted under section 110 of the Act authorising the holder —
(a)to drive one or more classes of vehicles (excluding trishaws);
(b)to act as the conductor of one or more classes of vehicles (excluding trishaws); or
(c)to ride a trishaw;
[S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017]
“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;
[S 674/2004 wef 05/11/2004]
“medical practitioner” means a person registered under the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174) and includes a person deemed to be so registered under section 72(1) of that Act;
[S 252/2012 wef 01/06/2012]
“occupational therapist” means an occupational therapist working at a healthcare institution designated by the Registrar;
[S 252/2012 wef 01/06/2012]
“permanent resident of Singapore” means a person who holds a valid entry permit under section 10 of the Immigration Act (Cap. 133) or a valid re-entry permit under section 11 of that Act;
[S 314/2019 wef 15/04/2019]
“private hire car” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules;
[S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017]
“private hire car booking service operator” means a person who, in the course of business, engages in the following conduct (including conduct outside Singapore, or partly inside or partly outside Singapore):
(a)accepts, or makes provision for the invitation or acceptance of, bookings from people for a ride‑sourcing service; and
(b)communicates the bookings to chauffeured private hire car drivers to carry out that ride‑sourcing service using a stated chauffeured private hire car,
but excludes —
(i)a taxi service operator within the meaning of Part VA of the Act and is licensed as such under that Part; and
(ii)a provider of a third-party taxi booking service within the meaning of the Third‑Party Taxi Booking Service Providers Act 2015 (Act 17 of 2015) and who is registered as such under that Act;
[S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017]
“public stand” means any public stand provided for public service vehicles under Part V of the Act and includes any stand, stop or terminus provided for a class of public service vehicles;
[S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016]
“ride-sourcing service” means a service where —
(a)a passenger books transport for a journey within, or partly within, Singapore through a private hire car booking service operator;
(b)the private hire car booking service operator communicates the passenger’s booking to a chauffeured private hire car driver; and
(c)that driver carries out the transport booked using a chauffeured private hire car,
but does not include a taxi service within the meaning of the Public Transport Council Act (Cap. 259B);
[S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017]
“taxi service operator” means a taxi service operator licensed by the Authority under Part VA of the Act;
[S 736/2015 wef 01/12/2015]
“taxi stand” means a public stand provided for taxis, indicated by a sign specified in Diagram 108B of Part III of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules (R 33) and marked on the road by means of yellow lines;
[S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016]
“taxi stop” means an area of a road indicated by a sign specified in Diagram 107(c) of Part III of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules and marked on the road by means of yellow lines;
[S 367/2016 wef 29/07/2016]
“trishaw rider” means a person licensed under these Rules to ride a trishaw for the purpose of gain;
“vehicle” means any public service vehicle;
[Deleted by S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017]