Singapore legislation

Regulation 4

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

Regulation 4

Application for licence

Amended byS 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017S 202/2022 wef 28/03/2022S 587/2000 wef 02/01/2001S 252/2012 wef 01/06/2012S 13/2024 wef 01/01/2024S 88/2024 wef 14/02/2024S 202/2022 wef 28/03/2022S 204/2016 wef 06/05/2016S 204/2016 wef 06/05/2016S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017S 457/2020 wef 07/04/2020S 202/2022 wef 28/03/2022S 202/2022 wef 28/03/2022S 651/2020 wef 30/07/2020S 651/2020 wef 30/07/2020S 651/2020 wef 30/07/2020S 202/2022 wef 28/03/2022S 252/2012 wef 01/06/2012S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017S 651/2020 wef 30/07/2020

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017

A person who desires —

(a)

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

(b)

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

(c)

to ride a trishaw,must apply to the Registrar in accordance with this rule for a licence authorising the person to do so.

Subregulation 1A

Amended byS 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017

An application under paragraph (1) for a licence to drive a taxi includes an application for a licence to drive a chauffeured private hire car.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 202/2022 wef 28/03/2022S 587/2000 wef 02/01/2001S 252/2012 wef 01/06/2012S 13/2024 wef 01/01/2024S 88/2024 wef 14/02/2024S 202/2022 wef 28/03/2022S 204/2016 wef 06/05/2016S 204/2016 wef 06/05/2016S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017

Every application to the Registrar under paragraph (1) shall be —

(a)

in the form set out at the Authority’s Internet website at https://onemotoring.lta.gov.sg/;

(b)

accompanied by one recent photograph of a size and form suitable for passports of the applicant; (c)accompanied by a non-refundable fee of —

(i)

$28.04 in the case of an application to drive a taxi by an applicant who is a holder of a licence to drive a chauffeured private hire car; or

(ii)

$40 in any other case, regardless of the number of licences that are being applied for; and

(d)

accompanied by —

(i)

in the case of an application to drive a Class 3 bus or a taxi for any period after the applicant has attained the age of 70 years —

(A)

an assessment report; and

(B)

a certificate from a medical practitioner stating that the applicant is not suffering from tuberculosis; (ia)in the case of an application to drive any other bus for any period after the applicant has attained the age of 70 years, a certificate from a medical practitioner stating that the applicant is not suffering from tuberculosis; (ii)in the case of an application to drive a chauffeured private hire car —

(A)

a certificate from a medical practitioner stating that the applicant is not suffering from tuberculosis;

(B)

a certificate of fitness relating to the applicant;

(C)

an assessment report relating to the applicant if the application is for any period after the applicant attains the age of 70 years; and

(D)

evidence of the applicant’s employment if the applicant is employed by a ride-hail service provider to drive chauffeured private hire cars; or

(iii)

in the case of any other application —

(A)

a certificate from a medical practitioner stating that the applicant is not suffering from tuberculosis; and

(B)

a certificate of fitness relating to the applicant.

Subregulation 2A

Amended byS 457/2020 wef 07/04/2020

Despite anything to the contrary in this rule, if an application under paragraph (1) is made by a person between 7 April 2020 and 6 August 2020 (both dates inclusive and called in this paragraph the specified period), the following provisions apply in respect of the application: (a)any requirement under paragraph (2)(d) for the application to be accompanied by an assessment report, a certificate from a medical practitioner or a certificate of fitness (called in this paragraph the relevant document) does not apply in relation to the application unless the person is in possession of the relevant document at the time of the application;

(b)

if the application is not accompanied by the relevant document on the date of the application, it is a condition of the licence that the person must, within 6 months after the grant of the licence, produce the relevant document which, if not for sub-paragraph (a), is required to be accompanied by the application; (c)any reference to the date of the applicant’s application in paragraphs (3) and (3A) is to be read as a reference to the date 6 months after the date of the application made during the specified period.

Subregulation 2B

Amended byS 202/2022 wef 28/03/2022

Despite paragraph (2)(d)(iii), a person that is applying for a licence to drive a taxi need not include any of the certificates mentioned in that paragraph in the application under paragraph (1) if —

(a)

the person is a holder of a licence to drive a chauffeured private hire car; and

(b)

the period for which the person wishes to drive a taxi is the remainder of the validity period of the person’s licence to drive a chauffeured private hire car, as described in rule 7A(3)(a).

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 202/2022 wef 28/03/2022S 651/2020 wef 30/07/2020S 651/2020 wef 30/07/2020S 651/2020 wef 30/07/2020

An assessment report for the purpose of this rule shall —

(a)

be in the form set out at the Authority’s Internet website at https://onemotoring.lta.gov.sg/; and

(b)

be completed and signed —

(i)

by the applicant;

(ii)

by a medical practitioner certifying that on a date not earlier than 6 months before the date of the applicant’s application, the medical practitioner assessed the applicant to be physically and mentally fit to hold a licence to drive a chauffeured private hire car, a Class 3 bus or a taxi, as the case may be; and

(iii)

by a driving fitness assessor certifying that on a date not earlier than 6 months before the date of the applicant’s application, the driving fitness assessor assessed the applicant to be physically fit to hold a licence to drive a chauffeured private hire car, a Class 3 bus or a taxi, as the case may be.

Subregulation 3A

Amended byS 202/2022 wef 28/03/2022S 252/2012 wef 01/06/2012S 313/2017 wef 20/06/2017S 651/2020 wef 30/07/2020

A certificate of fitness for the purpose of this rule shall —

(a)

be in the form set out at the Authority’s Internet website at https://onemotoring.lta.gov.sg/; and

(b)

be completed and signed —

(i)

by the applicant; and

(ii)

by a medical practitioner certifying that on a date not earlier than 12 months before the date of the applicant’s application, the medical practitioner assessed the applicant to be physically and mentally fit to hold a licence to drive a vehicle or to be a conductor.

Subregulation 4

Before a licence is issued, the licensee shall be photographed in such manner and at such time and place as the Registrar may direct.