PART I | 1. This Act may be cited as the Public Transport Council Act. |
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 fare” means the price payable by a passenger for any bus service involving the carriage of the passenger on a bus; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
“bus operator”, in relation to a bus service, means the person who operates the bus service but does not include —| (a) | the Land Transport Authority of Singapore; or | | (b) | a person who merely arranges for the registration of a bus, drives a bus, or maintains or arranges for the maintenance of a bus; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
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| “bus service” means a service for the carriage of passengers for a fare by buses on roads for journeys wholly or partly within Singapore according to pre-determined routes and timetables with 2 or more bus stopping points within Singapore, but does not include a bus service excluded from this definition by the Minister by order published in the Gazette; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “bus service licence” means a licence granted (or deemed granted) under the Bus Services Industry Act 2015 to operate one or more bus services; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| [Deleted by Act 30 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| [Deleted by Act 30 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council and includes any temporary Chairman of the Council; |
| “Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Council, and includes any individual acting in that capacity; [Act 5 of 2018 wef 01/04/2018] |
“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; |
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“common pricing scheme”, for any fare component for a taxi service, means a contract made between the prescribed taxi industry participants providing the taxi service that provides —| (a) | for a common price or price structure for the fare component in relation to that taxi service; and | | (b) | for periodic reviews of that common price or price structure, |
| and includes any variation of that contract; |
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “Council” means the Public Transport Council established under section 3; |
| “fare” means any bus fare, taxi fare or train fare; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
“invalid ticket” means a ticket that is for a journey on a bus or train operated by a public bus operator or licensed rapid transit system operator for which a ticket is required and —| (a) | that is used, or attempted to be used —| (i) | for a journey that is not the journey for which the ticket was issued; | | (ii) | to over-travel the fare that was paid for the journey, without reasonable excuse; or | | (iii) | by a person who is not the first user of a ticket which is non-transferable; |
| | (b) | that has been altered or defaced; | | (c) | that is counterfeit; or | | (d) | that is expired; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
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| “Land Transport Authority of Singapore” or “LTA” means the public authority of that name constituted under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 158A); [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
“licensed” means —| (a) | licensed under the Bus Services Industry Act 2015 in the case of a bus operator; | | (b) | licensed under the Rapid Transit Systems Act (Cap. 263A) in the case of an operator of a rapid transit system; or | | (c) | licensed under the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276) in the case of a taxi service operator or a taxi driver; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
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| “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; |
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| “over-travel”, in relation to a fare, means to remain on a bus or train after the place, distance or time covered by the fare paid for the journey has been reached and includes, for a smartcard ticket, tapping out before the completion of the journey or part of the journey; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
“paid area” means —| (a) | any platform of a railway station that is part of a rapid transit system; and | | (b) | any area between such a platform and any ticket barrier access or ticket validating machine past which access is gained to the platform; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
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“passenger” means an individual carried upon a bus, train or taxi, as the case may be, but does not include —| (a) | an owner, a driver or fare collector of a bus, train or taxi while carrying out work or on duty in that capacity; or | | (b) | a public transport official while carrying out work or on duty in that capacity; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
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| “penalty fee” means the penalty fee referred to in section 24C; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
“price”, in relation to any fare, includes —| (a) | the amount of any rate, fee, levy and charge and any other valuable consideration (however described) for a journey by bus, train or taxi (as the case may be), whether or not it is paid or given to an operator of a bus service, train service, taxi service or a driver of a bus, train or taxi; | | (b) | the provision of, or arrangements for, a discount, concession, allowance, rebate or credit applying in relation to any amount in paragraph (a); and | | (c) | in the case of a taxi fare, includes the amount of a taxi booking fee, |
| but does not include a consideration of a kind prescribed by the Minister by order in the Gazette for the purposes of this definition; |
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “pricing policy” means the policy for setting any fare, including a policy relating to the level or structure of prices for any fare; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “public authority” means a body established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “public bus operator” means a licensed bus operator who is party to a public bus services contract for the provision of bus services specified in that contract, and includes a licensed bus operator holding a Class 1 bus service licence but is not party to such a contract; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “public bus services contract” has the same meaning as in the Bus Services Industry Act 2015; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “public service vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act; |
| “Public Transport Fund” means the fund of that name established under Part IIIA; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 01/04/2016] |
| “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); |
| “registered provider” has the same meaning as in the Third-Party Taxi Booking Service Providers Act 2015 (Act 17 of 2015); [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “smartcard reader” means a device or combination of devices that is capable of electronically reading, recording and processing information from a ticket that is a smartcard, and copying or transferring information from the smartcard and storing and displaying the information in legible form; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “tap in”, where payment of a fare is made using a smartcard, means to present a smartcard ticket to a smartcard reader on starting a journey, or part of a journey, resulting in a response from smartcard reader that the transaction is successful; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “tapping out”, where payment of a fare is made using a smartcard, means to present a smartcard ticket to a smartcard reader on completing a journey, or part of a journey, resulting in a response from the smartcard reader that the transaction is successful; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “taxi” means any public service vehicle which is classified as a taxi under the Second Schedule to the Road Traffic Act; |
“taxi booking fee” means a fee for a service that —| (a) | facilitates bookings for taxi services; | | (b) | sends information about bookings for taxi services to taxi drivers; | | (c) | assigns bookings for taxi services to taxi drivers; and | | (d) | assigns taxis to persons making bookings for taxi services, |
| whether provided by a licensed taxi service operator or a registered provider; |
[Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
“taxi industry participant” means —| (a) | a licensed taxi service operator; or | | (b) | a taxi driver licensed under the Road Traffic Act to drive a taxi not owned by a licensed taxi service operator; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
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“taxi service” means the service of transporting of passengers for a journey within or partly within Singapore for a fare by taxi where the taxi —| (a) | plies for hire on roads in Singapore; | | (b) | is available for hire from designated taxi stands on public roads in Singapore; or | | (c) | is hired through a booking service provided by a licensed taxi service operator or a registered provider; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
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| “taxi service operator” has the same meaning as in section 111A of the Road Traffic Act; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “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 public bus operator, or both; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
“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; |
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| “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] [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “train” means a train used as part of a rapid transit system the operation of which is licensed under the Rapid Transit Systems Act; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “train fare” means the price payable by a passenger for any service involving the carriage of the passenger on a train operated by a licensed rapid transit system operator; [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
| “train service” means the service for the transport of passengers by one or more trains on a rapid transit system within Singapore for a fare. [Act 31 of 2015 wef 22/01/2016] |
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