Road Traffic (Maximum Number of Public Service Vehicle Licences for Taxis) Rules 2012

No. S 379

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Maximum Number of Public Service Vehicle Licences for Taxis)
Rules 2012

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 111 of the Road Traffic Act, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Maximum Number of Public Service Vehicle Licences for Taxis) Rules 2012 and shall come into operation on 6th August 2012.

Definitions

2. In these Rules —

“licensee” means the holder of a taxi service operator licence granted under section 111C of the Act;

“taxi population”, in relation to a taxi population of a licensee as at a certain date, means the sum of the following:

(a)	the number of taxis which, immediately before that date, are registered as taxis owned by the licensee in the register of vehicles maintained by the Registrar under rule 12 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5); and
(b)	the number of taxis owned by the licensee which have been de-registered before that date and in respect of which the 6-month period for the licensee to replace those taxis is still current as at that date.

Subdivision of class called taxis

3. The class of public service vehicles called taxis under the Second Schedule to the Act is subdivided into the following subdivisions, each comprising taxis owned by —

(a)	any individual;
(b)	the licensee called Comfort Transportation Pte Ltd;
(c)	the licensee called CityCab Pte Ltd;
(d)	the licensee called SMRT Taxis Pte Ltd;
(e)	the licensee called Trans-Cab Services Pte Ltd;
(f)	the licensee called Smart Automobile Pte Ltd;
(g)	the licensee called Premier Taxis Pte Ltd;
(h)	the licensee called Prime Car Rental & Taxi Services Pte Ltd.

Maximum number of taxis which may be licensed for period between 6th August 2012 and 31st December 2012

4.—(1) (1) For the period between 6th August 2012 and 31st December 2012 (both dates inclusive), the maximum number of taxis which may be licensed in respect of each subdivision corresponding to a licensee referred to in rule 3(b) to (h) shall be the higher of the 2 numbers (rounded to the nearest whole number) calculated using the formulae specified in paragraph (2) in relation to that licensee.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the formulae are —

(a)

(b)

where X is the taxi population of the licensee concerned as at 6th August 2012;

Y is the number of temporary certificates of entitlement issued to the licensee under rule 3(1)(a) or (e) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) and which have not yet been used to register any taxis as at 5th August 2012; and

Z is the number of taxis owned by the licensee in respect of which the registration has been cancelled and for which there is no restoration of the certificate of entitlement within the 6-month period referred to in rule 24(6) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules during the period between 6th August 2012 and 31st December 2012 (both dates inclusive).

Maximum number of taxis which may be licensed for period between 1st January 2013 and 30th June 2013

5.—(1) For the period between 1st January 2013 and 30th June 2013 (both dates inclusive), the maximum number of taxis which may be licensed in respect of each subdivision corresponding to a licensee referred to in rule 3(b) to (f) shall be the number (rounded to the nearest whole number) calculated using the following formula:

(2) For the period between 1st January 2013 and 30th June 2013 (both dates inclusive), the maximum number of taxis which may be licensed in respect of the subdivision corresponding to a licensee referred to in rule 3(g) shall be the number (rounded to the nearest whole number) calculated using the following formula:

(3) For the period between 1st January 2013 and 30th June 2013 (both dates inclusive), the maximum number of taxis which may be licensed in respect of the subdivision corresponding to a licensee referred to in rule 3(h) shall be the number (rounded to the nearest whole number) calculated using the following formula:

(4) In this rule —

(a)	X is the taxi population of the licensee concerned as at 1st January 2013; and
(b)	Z is the number of taxis owned by the licensee in respect of which the registration has been cancelled and for which there is no restoration of the certificate of entitlement within the 6‑month period referred to in rule 24(6) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) during the period between 1st January 2013 and 30th June 2013 (both dates inclusive).

[S 80/2013 wef 08/02/2013]

Maximum number of taxis which may be licensed for period between 1st July 2013 and 31st December 2013

6.—(1) For the period between 1st July 2013 and 31st December 2013 (both dates inclusive), the maximum number of taxis which may be licensed in respect of each subdivision corresponding to a licensee referred to in rule 3(b) to (g) shall be the number (rounded to the nearest whole number) calculated using the following formula:

(2) For the period between 1st July 2013 and 31st December 2013 (both dates inclusive), the maximum number of taxis which may be licensed in respect of the subdivision corresponding to a licensee referred to in rule 3(h) shall be the number (rounded to the nearest whole number) calculated using the following formula:

(3) In this rule —

(a)	X is the taxi population of the licensee concerned as at 1st July 2013; and
(b)	Z is the number of taxis owned by the licensee in respect of which the registration has been cancelled and for which there is no restoration of the certificate of entitlement within the 6‑month period referred to in rule 24(6) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) during the period between 1st July 2013 and 31st December 2013 (both dates inclusive).

[S 80/2013 wef 08/02/2013]

Unused public service vehicle licence

7. Any shortfall in the number of public service vehicle licences between the maximum number allowed under rule 4, 5 or 6 for the period specified therein and the actual number of public service vehicles which are licensed during that period shall be disregarded for the purposes of computing the maximum number of taxis which may be licensed for the subsequent period.

One licence only for individual owner of taxis

8. The maximum number of taxis which may be licensed in respect of the subdivision corresponding to any individual owner of taxis referred to in rule 3(a) shall be one.

Made this 3rd day of August 2012.

MICHAEL LIM CHOO SAN

Chairman,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/RTA/BD/MR/PSVLTaxisR2012; AG/LLRD/SL/276/2010/57 Vol.1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).

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