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

These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules.

For the purpose of these Rules —[Deleted by S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020][Deleted by S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020]“assessment report” means an assessment report prepared in accordance with rule 4(3) or 9(9) and (10), as the case may be;“authorised officer” means a person authorised by the Registrar to discharge any of the functions and duties or to exercise any of the powers of the Registrar under these Rules;“authorised person” means —

the holder of a public service vehicle licence issued under section 102 of the Act;

an employee of the owner of a public service vehicle; or

a person acting as a driver or conductor of a public service vehicle while it is being used for the carriage of passengers for the purpose of gain;“certificate of fitness” means a certificate of fitness prepared in accordance with rule 4(3A) or 9A(3) or (4) (as the case may be) certifying that a person is physically and mentally fit to hold a licence to drive a vehicle or to be a conductor;[Deleted by S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020]“chauffeured private hire car” means a motor car that is the subject of a chauffeured private hire car licence granted under the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules;“chauffeured private hire car driver” means a person who is authorised by a licence to drive a chauffeured private hire car for reward (whether or not as an employee);“Class 3 bus” means a bus the weight of which unladen does not exceed 2,500 kilograms;“Class 4 vehicle” means a vehicle the weight of which unladen exceeds 2,500 kilograms;“conductor” means a person licensed under these Rules to act as a conductor of a vehicle;“driver” means a person licensed under these Rules to drive a vehicle;“driving fitness assessor” means —

an occupational therapist; or

a person holding a valid licence under section 51 of the Act who is approved by the Registrar to make an assessment on whether a person is physically fit to hold a licence to drive a vehicle;“licence” means a vocational licence granted under section 110 of the Act authorising the holder —

to drive one or more classes of vehicles (excluding trishaws);

to act as the conductor of one or more classes of vehicles (excluding trishaws); or

to ride a trishaw;“licensee” means the holder of a licence and, in Part III only, includes a person who is exempted under section 142 of the Act from the requirement to hold a licence;“medical practitioner” means a person registered under the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174) and includes a person deemed to be so registered under section 72(1) of that Act;“occupational therapist” means an occupational therapist working at a healthcare institution designated by the Registrar;“P2P stop” means an area of a road indicated by a sign specified in Diagram 107(e) of Part III of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules and marked on the road by means of blue lines;“permanent resident of Singapore” means a person who holds a valid entry permit under section 10 of the Immigration Act (Cap. 133) or a valid re-entry permit under section 11 of that Act;“private hire car” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules;[Deleted by S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020]“public stand” means any public stand provided for public service vehicles under Part V of the Act and includes any stand, stop or terminus provided for a class of public service vehicles;[Deleted by S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020][Deleted by S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020]“ride-hail service provider” means a ride-hail service licensee or an exempt ride-hail service operator who is authorised under the Point-to-Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019 (Act 20 of 2019) to provide a ride-hail service;“taxi driver” means an individual —

with a relevant vocational driving authorisation who drives a taxi to transport passengers for hire or reward in the provision of a street-hail service or an on-demand passenger transport service; or

who is exempt under section 142 of the Act from requiring a relevant vocational driving authorisation to drive a taxi to transport passengers for hire or reward;“taxi stand” means a public stand provided for taxis, indicated by a sign specified in Diagram 108B of Part III of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules (R 33) and marked on the road by means of yellow lines;“taxi stop” means an area of a road indicated by a sign specified in Diagram 107(c) of Part III of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Rules and marked on the road by means of yellow lines;“trishaw rider” means a person licensed under these Rules to ride a trishaw for the purpose of gain;“vehicle” means any public service vehicle;[Deleted by S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017]