Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) (Amendment) Rules 2026

These Rules are the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) (Amendment) Rules 2026 and come into operation on 23 September 2026.

In the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules (R 8), in rule 30 —

delete paragraphs (4) and (4B); and

replace paragraph (5) with —“(5) Despite paragraph (3) or (4A), an authorised person may at any time require any person who brings a foldable bicycle or a personal mobility device into an omnibus to alight from the omnibus with the bicycle or personal mobility device if the authorised person is of the opinion that the bicycle or personal mobility device has caused or is likely to cause any inconvenience, obstruction, discomfort or injury to any passenger in the omnibus, or any damage to the omnibus or any property in the omnibus.”.

In the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules, in rule 30A —

delete paragraph (4); and

replace paragraph (5) with —“(5) An authorised person may at any time require an individual (except a police officer on official duty or a member of an auxiliary police force in uniform) who brings an animal (including a guide dog) into the omnibus to alight from the omnibus with the animal if the authorised person is of the opinion that the animal —

has caused or is likely to cause any inconvenience, obstruction, discomfort or injury to any passenger in the omnibus;

has caused or is likely to cause any damage to the omnibus or any property in the omnibus; or

has soiled or is likely to soil the omnibus or any passenger or property in the omnibus.”.