Related amendments about private hire car booking service operators
65.—(1)  Section 110A of the Road Traffic Act is amended —
(a)by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:
(1)  The Registrar may in the circumstances in subsection (2), by a general suspension order served on persons mentioned in subsection (3), direct that every bookable vehicle driver who is a participating bookable driver of the same designated exempt ride‑hail service operator stop providing, during a blackout period, on‑demand passenger transport services the booking of which is taken or facilitated by that designated exempt ride‑hail service operator.”;
(b)by deleting the words “affiliated drivers” in subsection (2)(a) and (b) and in the section heading and substituting in each case the words “participating bookable drivers”;
(c)by deleting the words “private hire car booking service operator” wherever they appear in subsections (2), (3) and (4) and substituting in each case the words “designated exempt ride‑hail service operator”;
(d)by deleting the words “an affiliated driver” in subsection (2)(a) and (b) and substituting in each case the words “a participating bookable driver”;
(e)by deleting the words “affiliated driver” in subsection (3)(a) and substituting the words “participating bookable driver”;
(f)by deleting subsection (9) and substituting the following subsection:
(9)  A participating bookable driver of a designated exempt ride‑hail service operator who —
(a)is in the class of participating bookable drivers served with a general suspension order (in accordance with subsection (7)) directing him to stop providing any on‑demand passenger transport service the booking of which is taken or facilitated by that designated exempt ride‑hail service operator; and
(b)provides any on‑demand passenger transport service the booking of which is taken or facilitated by that designated exempt ride‑hail service operator during the blackout period for that general suspension order,
shall be guilty of an offence.”; and
(g)by deleting “(2)” in subsection (10) and substituting “(9)”.
(2)  Section 110B of the Road Traffic Act is amended —
(a)by deleting the definitions of “affiliated driver”, “affiliated driver agreement”, “bookable vehicle driver” and “ride‑sourcing service”;
(b)by deleting the definition of “bookable vehicle” and substituting the following definition:
“ “bookable vehicle” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;”;
(c)by deleting the definition of “private hire car booking service operator” and substituting the following definitions:
“ “designated exempt ride‑hail service operator” means a person who is an exempt ride‑hail service operator and is prescribed by rules under section 111 to be designated by the Authority for the purposes of this definition;
“participating bookable driver”, for a designated exempt ride‑hail service operator, means a driver who has a participating driver agreement with the operator, and it is immaterial whether the driver is an employee or agent of the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator;
“participating driver agreement”, in relation to a designated exempt ride‑hail service operator providing a ride‑hail service, means an agreement or arrangement between the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator and a driver of a bookable vehicle under which —
(a)the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator agrees to —
(i)take or facilitate any booking by or on behalf of a passenger for bookable vehicles to be made available in providing on‑demand passenger transport services (whether immediately or at a later time) to the passenger; and
(ii)communicate the booking to participating bookable drivers; and
(b)the driver agrees to carry out the on‑demand passenger transport service in the booking by transporting the passenger for hire or reward, using a bookable vehicle,
and it does not matter whether or not the driver is an employee or agent of the designated exempt ride-hail service operator providing the ride-hail service or whether the vehicle is hired from that operator;”; and
(d)by deleting the semi-colon at the end of the definition of “relevant offence” and substituting a full‑stop.
(3)  Section 111 of the Road Traffic Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:
(2)  Any rules made under subsection (1) may provide that any contravention of any provision of the rules shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $10,000.”.