Related amendments to Public Transport Council Act
58.—(1)  The long title to the Public Transport Council Act (Cap. 259B, 2012 Ed.) is amended by deleting the words “taxi fares” and substituting the words “street‑hail fares, ride‑hail fares”.
(2)  Section 2 of the Public Transport Council Act is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately before the definition of “bus”, the following definitions:
“ “bookable vehicle” means any of the following vehicles used or intended to be used in providing an on‑demand passenger transport service through a booking taken or facilitated by a provider of a ride‑hail service:
(a)a taxi;
(b)a private hire car (within the meaning given by the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276)) which is hired, or made available for hire, under a contract (express or implied) for use as a whole with a driver for the purpose of conveying one or more passengers (if any) in that car;
“booking”, in relation to a ride‑hail service, means a booking for a bookable vehicle to be used in providing an on‑demand passenger transport service taken or facilitated by the provider of the ride‑hail service;”;
(b)by deleting the definition of “common pricing scheme”;
(c)by deleting the definition of “fare” and substituting the following definition:
“ “fare” means —
(a)any bus fare;
(b)any train fare;
(c)any ride‑hail fare; or
(d)any street‑hail fare;”;
(d)by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (b) of the definition of “licensed”;
(e)by deleting the words “a taxi service operator or a taxi driver;” in paragraph (c) of the definition of “licensed” and substituting the words “a taxi driver; or”;
(f)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (c) of the definition of “licensed”, the following paragraph:
(d)licensed under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019 in the case of a provider of a ride‑hail service provided using bookable vehicles, or a street‑hail service;”;
(g)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “manager”, the following definitions:
“ “on‑demand passenger transport service” and “on‑demand ride booking service” have the meanings given by the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;”;
(h)by deleting the words “or taxi” wherever they appear in the definition of “passenger” and in paragraph (a) of the definition of “price” and substituting in each case the words “, taxi or bookable vehicle”;
(i)by deleting the words “, train service, taxi service” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “price” and substituting the words “or train service, a provider of a street‑hail service or ride‑hail service”;
(j)by deleting paragraph (c) of the definition of “price” and substituting the following paragraph:
(c)in the case of a ride‑hail fare, includes the amount of a booking fee;”;
(k)by deleting the definition of “registered provider” and substituting the following definitions:
“ “ride‑hail common pricing scheme” means a contract made between the prescribed ride‑hail industry participants providing a ride‑hail service that provides —
(a)for a common price or price structure for a fare component in relation to that ride‑hail service; and
(b)for periodic reviews of that common price or price structure,
and includes any variation of that contract;
“ride‑hail fare” means the price paid or given for the use of a ride‑hail service, whether or not it is paid or given to the provider of the ride‑hail service, a driver or any other person, and includes a booking fee;
“ride-hail industry participant”, for a type of ride‑hail service, means any of the following:
(a)a ride-hail service licensee authorised to provide that type of ride‑hail service;
(b)any person or class of persons prescribed for the purposes of this definition either generally, or with respect to that particular type of ride‑hail service;
“ride‑hail service” means —
(a)an on‑demand passenger transport service of any type provided using bookable vehicles; or
(b)an on‑demand ride booking service of any type provided using bookable vehicles;
“ride‑hail service licensee” means a person to whom a ride‑hail service licence to provide a ride‑hail service is granted (on renewal or otherwise) or deemed granted under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;”;
(l)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “smartcard reader”, the following definitions:
“ “street‑hail common pricing scheme” means a contract made between the prescribed street‑hail industry participants providing a street‑hail service that provides —
(a)for a common price or price structure for a fare component in relation to that street‑hail service; and
(b)for periodic reviews of that common price or price structure,
and includes any variation of that contract;
“street‑hail fare” means the price paid or given for the use of a street‑hail service, whether or not it is paid or given to the provider of the street‑hail service, a driver or any other person, but does not include any booking fee for a taxi made available, or to be made available, in providing on‑demand passenger transport services;
“street‑hail industry participant” means any of the following:
(a)a street‑hail service licensee;
(b)a taxi driver licensed under the Road Traffic Act to drive a taxi not owned by a street‑hail service licensee;
(c)any person or class of persons prescribed for the purposes of this definition either generally, or with respect to a class of street‑hail service;
“street‑hail service” means a service involving the transport by road of passengers within, or partly within, Singapore for hire or reward —
(a)provided using motor vehicles which are taxis; and
(b)under which any individual can hail or hire on‑demand such a motor vehicle when it is —
(i)standing or plying for hire on a road; and
(ii)authorised under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019 or the Road Traffic Act to stand or ply for hire on a road;
“street‑hail service licensee” means a person to whom a street‑hail service licence to provide a street‑hail service is granted (on renewal or otherwise) or deemed granted under the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;”; and
(m)by deleting the definitions of “taxi booking fee”, “taxi industry participant”, “taxi service” and “taxi service operator”.
(3)  Section 4(1) of the Public Transport Council Act is amended by deleting the words “and taxi services” wherever they appear in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) and substituting in each case the words “, street‑hail services and ride‑hail services”.
(4)  Section 21(1) of the Public Transport Council Act is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “fee or charge imposed” in paragraph (c), the words “or collectible”.
(5)  Part V of the Public Transport Council Act is amended by deleting the words “Taxi fare” in the heading of Division 2 and substituting the words “Street‑hail fare”.