Singapore legislation

Regulation 14C

of Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules

Regulation 14C

Installation or use of visual recording equipment in or on public service vehicles

Amended byS 496/2019 wef 15/07/2019S 496/2019 wef 15/07/2019S 496/2019 wef 15/07/2019S 496/2019 wef 15/07/2019S 412/2018 wef 22/06/2018

Subregulation 1

Except as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3), a person must not install, or cause or permit to be installed, any visual recording equipment in or on any public service vehicle.

Subregulation 2

A person may install, or cause or permit to be installed, the following visual recording equipment in or on any public service vehicle:

(a)

a mobile telephone; (b)any other visual recording device installed in a way —

(i)

that can only result in a visual recording of the conditions or circumstances outside the vehicle; and (ii)that is not positioned or manoeuvred to record the presence or absence of any person or thing, or the occurrence of any incident, within the vehicle.

Subregulation 3

The owner of any public service vehicle may install, or cause or permit to be installed, a visual recording equipment in or on the vehicle to record the presence or absence of any person or item, or the occurrence of any incident, within the vehicle only if —

(a)

the owner has prior written permission from the Registrar to do so; and

(b)

the equipment is installed by a person designated by the Authority in accordance with that permission.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 496/2019 wef 15/07/2019S 496/2019 wef 15/07/2019S 496/2019 wef 15/07/2019S 496/2019 wef 15/07/2019

A person must not use, or cause or permit to be used, any visual recording equipment installed in or on a public service vehicle to record the presence or absence of any person or item, or the occurrence of any incident, within the vehicle unless —

(a)

the person has prior written permission from the Registrar to do so; (b)the visual recording is made in accordance with that permission; and

(c)

a notice is displayed in a conspicuous place inside the vehicle, stating that visual recording equipment is installed in or on the vehicle in accordance with the Registrar’s permission.