Bus Services Industry (Non-Regular Route Service) Order 2016

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No. S 29

Bus Services Industry Act 2015

(ACT 30 OF 2015)

Bus Services Industry (Non-Regular Route
Service) Order 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph (d) of the definition of “regular route service” in section 2 of the Bus Services Industry Act 2015, the Minister for Transport makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Bus Services Industry (Non‑Regular Route Service) Order 2016 and comes into operation on 22 January 2016.

Definitions

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —

“condominium” means —

(a)	any land and building comprised in a strata title plan that is registered under section 9 of the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 158);
(b)	any housing accommodations under an executive condominium scheme that is established under section 3 of the Executive Condominium Housing Scheme Act (Cap. 99A); or
(c)	a housing estate as defined in section 2(1) of the HUDC Housing Estates Act (Cap. 131);

[S 266/2016 wef 06/06/2016]

“cross‑border bus service” means a bus service consisting of the carriage of passengers in a bus —

(a)	between Singapore and Johor; and
(b)	for journeys with more than 2 bus stopping points in Singapore;

“foreign employee dormitory” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015 (Act 3 of 2015);

[S 266/2016 wef 06/06/2016]

“limited‑stop bus service” means a bus service consisting of the carriage of passengers for a fare on journeys —

(a)	between 2 places, one of which is ordinarily an airport, bus interchange, business park, condominium, foreign employee dormitory, industrial estate, railway station, rapid transit system station or university; and
(b)	with no more than 3 intermediate bus stopping points during the journey from one place to the other,

and includes the following:

(i)	Clementi Park to Clementi MRT Station Shuttle Bus Service;
(ii)	Shuttle bus service within the Sentosa resort area;
(iii)	Shuttle bus service between the Sentosa resort area and HarbourFront MRT Station;
(iv)	Kranji MRT Station to Kranji Countryside Shuttle Bus Service;
(v)	Seletar Hills to Yio Chu Kang Road Shuttle Bus Service;
(vi)	Seletar Hills to Yio Chu Kang MRT Station Shuttle Bus Service;
(vii)	Seletar Hills to Ang Mo Kio MRT Station Shuttle Bus Service;

[S 266/2016 wef 06/06/2016]

“ “Little India” bus service” means a bus service consisting of the carriage of foreign employees (as defined in the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (Cap. 91A)) by bus on Sundays or public holidays between the employees’ dormitories and —

(a)	the bus stopping point along Tekka Lane; or
(b)	the bus stopping point along Hampshire Road;

“premium bus service” means a bus service consisting of the carriage of passengers in a bus —

(a)	to provide alternative passenger transport to any regular route service, or train service on a rapid transit system in Singapore; and
(b)	for a higher fare payable for a journey to the same destination on a regular route service or a train service on a rapid transit system in Singapore or both;

“scheme B bus service” means a bus service consisting of the carriage of passengers to supplement regular route services on buses operated by any holder of a Class 1 bus service licence during the following hours on days that are not public holidays:

(a)	from 6.00 a.m. to 9.45 a.m. and from 4.15 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. on weekdays;
(b)	from 6.00 a.m. to 9.45 a.m. and from 11.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. on Saturdays;

“Sentosa resort area” means the area designated by the Sentosa Development Corporation in the Sentosa Development Corporation (Resort Area) Notification (Cap. 291, N 1);

[S 266/2016 wef 06/06/2016]

“temporary bus service” means a bus service which operates for a continuous period of not more than 6 months.

Non-regular route services

3. The following bus services are excluded from the definition of “regular route service” in section 2 of the Act:

(a)	a cross‑border bus service;
(b)	a limited‑stop bus service;
(c)	a “Little India” bus service;
(d)	a premium bus service;
(e)	a scheme B bus service;
(f)	a temporary bus service.

Made on 21 January 2016.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.B.271.0.003.0.3; AG/LEGIS/SL/30D/2015/1 Vol. 1]

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