Road Traffic Act |
Road Traffic (Maximum Number of Public Service Vehicle Licences for Taxis) Rules 2012 |
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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 —
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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 —
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Maximum number of taxis which may be licensed for period between 6th August 2012 and 31st December 2012 |
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:
[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:
[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. |
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). |