Comparison View

Formal Consolidation |  2012 RevEd
Interpretation
2.  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“bus” means any motor vehicle registered as a bus under the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276);
“bus service” means a service that is provided to any person upon the payment of a fare using one or more buses operating on pre-determined timetables and routes;
“bus service licence” means a bus service licence granted under Part IV;
“bus service operator” means any person who operates 10 or more bus services;
“bus service operator’s licence” means a bus service operator’s licence granted under Part IVA;
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council and includes any temporary Chairman of the Council;
“clearing”, in relation to a ticket payment service, means any arrangement, process, mechanism or facility provided by a person in respect of ticket transactions, by which —
(a)information relating to the terms of those transactions are verified by such person with a view to confirming the authenticity of those transactions; or
(b)the amount payable to the parties under those transactions is calculated and verified;
“Council” means the Public Transport Council established under section 3;
“fare”, in relation to a taxi, means the rate payable for hiring the taxi, and includes any surcharge approved by the Council as being payable for such hire;
“licensee” means a person to whom any licence has been granted under this Act;
“limited liability partnership” has the same meaning given to it by section 4(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A);
“manager”  —
(a)in relation to a company, means the principal executive officer of the company for the time being by whatever name called and whether or not he is a director thereof; and
(b)in relation to a limited liability partnership, has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act;
“public service vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act;
“public transport official” means a person appointed by the Council as a public transport official under section 24A;
“rapid transit system” has the same meaning as in the Rapid Transit Systems Act (Cap. 263A);
“taxi” means any public service vehicle which is classified as a taxi under the Second Schedule to the Road Traffic Act;
“ticket” means any form of authorisation, issued for the conveyance of any passenger on a rapid transit system or on any bus operated by a bus service operator, or both;
“ticket payment service” means —
(a)a service for —
(i)the clearing of any ticket transaction; or
(ii)the sale, topping-up, replacement or refund, or the management of the use, of a mode of payment for tickets; or
(b)such other services as the Council may, by order in the Gazette, prescribe;
“ticket payment service licence” means a licence granted under Part IVB;
“ticket transaction” means any record of a fare deduction created by the use of a mode of payment for tickets.
[29/95; 29/99; 28/2001; 37/2005; 2/2007]
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 31 of 2015
Interpretation
2.  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“bus” means any motor vehicle registered as a bus under the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276);
“bus service” means a service that is provided to any person upon the payment of a fare using one or more buses operating on pre-determined timetables and routes;
“bus service licence” means a bus service licence granted under Part IV;
“bus service operator” means any person who operates 10 or more bus services;
“bus service operator’s licence” means a bus service operator’s licence granted under Part IVA;
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council and includes any temporary Chairman of the Council;
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Council appointed under section 5C and includes any individual acting in that capacity;
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 08/01/2016]
“clearing”, in relation to a ticket payment service, means any arrangement, process, mechanism or facility provided by a person in respect of ticket transactions, by which —
(a)information relating to the terms of those transactions are verified by such person with a view to confirming the authenticity of those transactions; or
(b)the amount payable to the parties under those transactions is calculated and verified;
“Council” means the Public Transport Council established under section 3;
“fare”, in relation to a taxi, means the rate payable for hiring the taxi, and includes any surcharge approved by the Council as being payable for such hire;
“licensee” means a person to whom any licence has been granted under this Act;
“limited liability partnership” has the same meaning given to it by section 4(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A);
“manager”  —
(a)in relation to a company, means the principal executive officer of the company for the time being by whatever name called and whether or not he is a director thereof; and
(b)in relation to a limited liability partnership, has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act;
“public service vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act;
“public transport official” means a person appointed by the Council as a public transport official under section 24A;
“rapid transit system” has the same meaning as in the Rapid Transit Systems Act (Cap. 263A);
“taxi” means any public service vehicle which is classified as a taxi under the Second Schedule to the Road Traffic Act;
“ticket” means any form of authorisation, issued for the conveyance of any passenger on a rapid transit system or on any bus operated by a bus service operator, or both;
“ticket payment service” means —
(a)a service for —
(i)the clearing of any ticket transaction; or
(ii)the sale, topping-up, replacement or refund, or the management of the use, of a mode of payment for tickets; or
(b)such other services as the Council may, by order in the Gazette, prescribe;
“ticket payment service licence” means a licence granted under Part IVB;
“ticket transaction” means any record of a fare deduction created by the use of a mode of payment for tickets.
[29/95; 29/99; 28/2001; 37/2005; 2/2007]