Parking Places Act 1974

Parking Places Act 1974 2020 REVISED EDITION This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021 An Act relating to parking places and to address indiscriminate vehicle parking in public places because of shared mobility services. [24/2018; 8/2020] [3 May 1974] PART 1 PRELIMINARY [24/2018] Short title 1. This Act is the Parking Places Act 1974. Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “Authority” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore established under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995; “bicycle”, “power-assisted bicycle” and “personal mobility device” have the meanings given by the Active Mobility Act 2017; “design of parking facilities”, for any parking place, means the design of the physical features, plant or like equipment necessary for the parking or manoeuvring of vehicles in the parking place or both, and includes circulation aisles and access ramps; “driver” includes the person for the time being in charge or in control of a vehicle, and “drive” is to be construed accordingly; “enforcement officer”, in relation to any provision in this Act, means an officer or employee of the Authority who is appointed under section 3(4) as an enforcement officer for the purposes of that provision; “heavy vehicle” means — (a) any heavy goods vehicle or concrete mixer, the maximum laden weight of which exceeds 5,000 kilograms; (b) any bus with a seating capacity of more than 15 persons, not inclusive of the driver; (c) any trailer, container trailer, low loader or flat‑bed trailer, the maximum laden weight of which exceeds 5,000 kilograms; and (d) any mobile crane or recovery vehicle, the unladen weight of which exceeds 2,500 kilograms; “licence” means a licence to maintain or operate any private parking place for the parking or housing of one or more heavy vehicles granted under this Act; “licensee” means the holder of a valid licence; “motor vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads; “officer” means a public officer or an employee of a statutory body; “outsourced enforcement officer”, in relation to any provision of this Act or any subsidiary legislation made under this Act, means an individual who — (a) is appointed under section 11 of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995; (b) is authorised by or under that Act to exercise any powers under any provision of this Act or subsidiary legislation made under this Act, as the case may be; and (c) is acting within that authorisation; “park”, with its grammatical variations, means, in respect of a vehicle, to bring the vehicle to a stationary position and cause it to wait for any purpose; “parking lot” means an area within a parking place which is marked out for parking of a single vehicle in that area; “parking place” means any part of a road or any other place on or in which the parking of vehicles is authorised under section 4; “private footway” has the meaning given by the Street Works Act 1995; “private parking place” means any land or premises or part thereof owned or occupied by any person other than the Government and used for the parking or housing of — (a) one or more motor vehicles other than heavy vehicles; (b) one or more heavy vehicles, whether or not in addition to any motor vehicle which is not a heavy vehicle; or (c) one or more bicycles, power-assisted bicycles or personal mobility devices or a combination of such vehicles, but does not include any parking place provided under section 4; “public street” has the meaning given by the Street Works Act 1995; “statutory body” means a body corporate established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function; “Superintendent” means the Superintendent of Car Parks or a Deputy or an Assistant Superintendent of Car Parks appointed under section 3; “traffic sign” has the meaning given by section 119 of the Road Traffic Act 1961; “trailer” means a vehicle drawn by a motor vehicle; “vehicle” means any vehicle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise, and includes a bicycle, a power-assisted bicycle or a personal mobility device. [3/2017; 24/2018; 38/2018; 8/2020] Administration of this Act 3.—(1) The Authority is responsible for the general administration of this Act. (2) The Authority must appoint one of its officers as the Superintendent of Car Parks who must carry out the duties assigned to the Superintendent of Car Parks by the Authority under this Act and any rules made under this Act. (3) The Authority may appoint public officers and officers employed by other statutory bodies as Deputy Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents of Car Parks for the purposes of this Act. (4) The Authority may — (a) in relation to any provision in this Act, appoint any of its officers or employees to be an enforcement officer for the purposes of that provision, either generally or in a particular case; and (b) delegate to any enforcement officer the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon the Authority by any provision in this Act (except the power of delegation conferred by this subsection), subject to such conditions or limitations as the Authority may specify; and any reference in that provision to the Authority includes a reference to such an enforcement officer. [24/2018; 8/2020]