Singapore legislation

Regulation 7A

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

Regulation 7A

Validity of licence

Amended byS 314/2019 wef 15/04/2019S 314/2019 wef 15/04/2019S 314/2019 wef 15/04/2019S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020S 1002/2024 wef 01/01/2025S 1002/2024 wef 01/01/2025

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 314/2019 wef 15/04/2019

Unless earlier suspended or revoked, a licence (other than a licence to drive an omnibus or a chauffeured private hire car) is valid for a period not exceeding 3 years starting from the date specified by the Registrar in a written notice to the licensee on the grant of the licence.

Subregulation 2

Unless suspended or revoked —

(a)

a licence to be an omnibus driver that is granted to a person who is a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore and that is —

(i)

valid immediately before 6 May 2016; or

(ii)

granted on or after 6 May 2016,continues to be or is valid, as the case may be, until the person attains the age of 75;

(b)

a licence to be an omnibus driver that is granted to a person who is not a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore and that is —

(i)

valid immediately before 6 May 2016; or

(ii)

granted on or after 6 May 2016,continues to be or is valid, as the case may be, for as long as the licensee continues to be employed by an omnibus company or such other period as the Registrar may specify in a written notice to the licensee on the grant of the licence.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 314/2019 wef 15/04/2019S 314/2019 wef 15/04/2019S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020S 1002/2024 wef 01/01/2025

Unless earlier suspended or revoked, a licence authorising a person to be a driver of a chauffeured private hire car is valid as follows:

(a)

for a licence granted to an applicant who is a citizen of Singapore and is self‑employed, a platform worker of a ride-hail service provider that is a platform operator or an employee of a ride-hail service provider, the licence is valid —

(i)

for a period not exceeding 3 years starting from the date specified by the Registrar in a written notice to the person on the grant of the licence; or

(ii)

until the person ceases to be a citizen of Singapore before the end of the period in sub‑paragraph (i);

(b)

[Deleted by S 919/2020 wef 30/10/2020](c)[Deleted by S 791/2020 wef 15/09/2020](d)[Deleted by S 791/2020 wef 15/09/2020]

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 1002/2024 wef 01/01/2025

In this rule —

Definition

“platform operator” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Platform Workers Act 2024;

Definition

“platform worker” has the meaning given by section 5(1) of the Platform Workers Act 2024.