PART 2 REGISTRATION OF THIRD‑PARTY TAXI BOOKING SERVICE PROVIDERS |
| Prohibition against unregistered providers |
7.—(1) A person (called in this section the provider) must not provide any third‑party taxi booking service for journeys by taxi within, or partly within, Singapore, unless the provider —| (a) | is a registered provider and does so in accordance with the conditions of the provider’s registration; or | | (b) | is exempt from this section under section 30. |
(2) Any provider who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —| (a) | to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; and | | (b) | in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part of a day that the offence continues after conviction. |
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8.—(1) There may be one or more classes of registration based on —| (a) | the number of participating taxis for a third‑party taxi booking service; or | | (b) | the type of third‑party taxi booking service to be provided. |
| (2) The Authority may register a person according to the appropriate class or classes of registration. |
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| Application for registration |
9.—(1) An application to be a registered provider must be made to the Authority in accordance with this section.(2) An application under subsection (1) must —| (a) | be made in such form and manner as the Authority may require; | | (b) | state the class or classes of registration applied for; | | (c) | include an address in Singapore at which notices and other documents under this Act may be served; | | (d) | be accompanied by the prescribed application fee; and | | (e) | be accompanied by such other additional information that the Authority requires for the application. |
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(3) In determining an application under subsection (1), the Authority may —| (a) | carry out such inquiries and investigations in relation to the application as necessary for a proper consideration of the application; and | | (b) | require the applicant to provide, within a specified time, any additional information that the Authority requires for a proper consideration of the application. |
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| (4) The Authority may refuse to consider an application that is incomplete or otherwise not made in accordance with this section. |
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| Matters to be considered before registration, etc. |
10. In deciding whether to register an applicant, vary any class of registration or renew the registration of an applicant, and the conditions of registration to impose or modify, the Authority must have regard to —| (a) | the financial standing and business experience of the applicant and the applicant’s ability to provide a third‑party taxi booking service that is safe, reliable and efficient; | | (b) | the demand for third‑party taxi booking services in Singapore; | | (c) | the appropriate class or classes of registration for the applicant; and | | (d) | any other matter that the Authority considers relevant. |
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| Conditions of registration |
11. In registering any person as a registered provider, the Authority may impose such conditions as the Authority considers necessary in relation to any third‑party taxi booking service provided or to be provided by the registered provider, such as but not limited to any of the following conditions:| (a) | requiring the registered provider to comply with requirements concerning the operation, monitoring and supervision of the service, as specified by the Authority specially or generally by description; | | (b) | requiring the registered provider to furnish to the Authority any information that the Authority may require for the purpose of exercising the Authority’s functions under this Act, in such manner and within such time as the Authority may specify; | | (c) | concerning the participating taxis and the drivers of the participating taxis; | | (d) | concerning the fees that may be imposed for the service; | | (e) | concerning the Authority’s audit of the service; | | (f) | concerning the conduct of employees, agents and contractors of the registered provider; | | (g) | requiring the registered provider to do, or not to do, such other things as specified by the Authority specially or generally by description for the purpose of this Act. |
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| Issue of certificate of registration |
12.—(1) Upon registration, the Authority must issue a certificate of registration to the registered provider as evidence of the registration.(2) The certificate issued by the Authority under subsection (1) must specify —| (a) | the class or classes of registration of the registered provider; | | (b) | the term of registration; | | (c) | the conditions of registration; and | | (d) | such other matters that the Authority considers relevant. |
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| Term and transferability of registration, etc. |
13.—(1) Any registration under this Act is valid for such term as the Authority may specify in the certificate of registration, unless the registration is earlier revoked under section 20.| (2) Every registration under this Act is neither transferable nor assignable; and any transfer or assignment, or purported transfer or assignment, of the registration is void. |
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| Variation in class of registration |
14.—(1) An application to vary any class of registration of a registered provider must —| (a) | be made in such form and manner as the Authority may require; | | (b) | state the variation in the class of registration applied for; | | (c) | be accompanied by the prescribed variation fee; | | (d) | be submitted to the Authority not later than the renewal deadline (within the meaning of section 15) for that registration; and | | (e) | be accompanied by such other additional information that the Authority requires for the application. |
| (2) Sections 9, 10 and 11 apply, with the necessary modifications and subject to this section, to an application and an applicant under this section as they do to an application and an applicant for registration. |
| (3) To avoid doubt, section 16 does not apply to or in relation to a variation in the class of registration with modified conditions of registration. |
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15.—(1) An application to renew any registration as a registered provider must —| (a) | be made in such form and manner as the Authority may require; | | (b) | be accompanied by the prescribed renewal fee; | | (c) | be submitted to the Authority not later than the prescribed time before the date the registration expires (called in this section the renewal deadline); and | | (d) | be accompanied by such other additional information that the Authority requires for the application. |
| (2) If a renewal application under subsection (1) is submitted after the renewal deadline, the application must be accompanied by the prescribed late renewal fee, in addition to the prescribed renewal fee. |
| (3) Sections 9 to 13 apply, with the necessary modifications and subject to this section, to an application and an applicant under this section as they do to an application and an applicant for registration. |
| (4) To avoid doubt, section 16 does not apply to or in relation to a renewal of registration with modified conditions of registration. |
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| Modification of conditions of registration |
16.—(1) Subject to this section, the Authority may modify the conditions of registration.(2) Before making any modification of the conditions of any registered provider’s registration, the Authority must give notice to the registered provider concerned —| (a) | stating that the Authority proposes to make the modification in the manner as specified in the notice; and | | (b) | specifying the time (not being less than 28 days after the date of service of notice on the registered provider) within which the registered provider may make written representations to the Authority with respect to the proposed modification. |
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(3) Upon receipt of any written representation referred to in subsection (2)(b), the Authority must consider the representation and may —| (a) | reject the representation; | | (b) | amend the proposed modification in such manner as the Authority thinks fit having regard to the representation; or | | (c) | withdraw the proposed modification. |
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(4) Where —| (a) | the Authority rejects any written representation under subsection (3)(a); | | (b) | the Authority amends any proposed modification to the conditions of registration under subsection (3)(b); or | | (c) | no written representation is received by the Authority within the time specified in subsection (2)(b), or any written representation made under that subsection is subsequently withdrawn, and the registered provider has not given immediate effect to the modification, |
| the Authority must amend the conditions of registration applicable to the registered provider concerned in accordance with subsection (5). |
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(5) The Authority must —| (a) | amend the conditions of registration for the registered provider concerned to give effect to the modification specified in the notice under subsection (2) or as amended by the Authority under subsection (3)(b) (as the case may be); and | | (b) | notify the registered provider concerned when the conditions of registration, as amended by the modification under paragraph (a), are to take effect. |
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| (6) Subject to section 22, every registered provider must comply with the conditions of registration applicable to the registered provider as amended under subsection (5). |
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