Entry Permit Requirement For Foreign Private Vehicles To Be Extended In Stages - Loke

The charge for foreign private vehicles entering the country has been implemented, and the rule will be phased in, according to the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook stated that the VEP was first implemented at the Malaysia-Singapore border and would then be extended to the Malaysia-Thailand border before being implemented at the Malaysia-Indonesia border in Sabah and Sarawak. "However, expanding its implementation will take time," he said as the debate on the Land Public Transport (Amendment) Bill came to a close. The Bill was eventually approved by voice vote.

Loke stated that, for the time being, Act 715, or the Land Public Transport Act 2010, only applies to foreign commercial vehicles. He stated that private vehicles' entry is governed by existing regulations under the Road Transport Act 1987, including the requirement to apply for an international circulation permit. Concerning the presence of foreign private vehicles in the country, he stated that the amendments would allow the Ministry of Transport to subject them to the same licencing regulations that apply to domestic commercial vehicles. "If they are foreign vehicles, these private vehicles will be required to register with and be licenced by the Land Public Transport Agency (Apad)." "These powers will compel them (foreign vehicles) to follow the same rules as domestic vehicles," he said. In addition, he stated that the Road Transport Department and Apad had been asked to provide guidelines to make it easier for p-hailing riders to obtain a vocational driving licence. (GDL).

He stated that the ministry is aware of the p-hailing riders' complaints about the regulations, but that the government did not intend to inconvenience them. "If they are foreign vehicles, these private vehicles will be required to register with and be licenced by the Land Public Transport Agency (Apad)." "These powers will compel them (foreign vehicles) to follow the same rules as domestic vehicles," he said. In addition, he stated that the Road Transport Department and Apad had been asked to provide guidelines to make it easier for p-hailing riders to obtain a vocational driving licence. (GDL). The ministry is aware of the p-hailing riders' complaints about the regulations, but that the government did not intend to inconvenience them.

"We'll make it simple. "The truth is that we want to implement [GDL] to raise their awareness of road safety," Loke explained. The Road Transport (Amendment) Bill 2023 and the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board (Amendment) Bill 2023 were also approved by the Dewan Rakyat. The Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board (Amendment) Bill 2023 sought to amend the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board Act 1987 in order to classify p-hailing vehicles as goods vehicles subject to intermediation business licences, among other things.