Related amendments to Road Traffic Act
34.—(1)  Section 111A of the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276, 2004 Ed.) is repealed and the following section substituted therefor:
Taxi service operator
111A.—(1)  For the purposes of this Part, a person operates a taxi service if, in the course of business —
(a)the person owns more than one taxi; and
(b)the person causes or permits individuals to drive taxis owned by that person for one or both of the following purposes:
(i)the taxis are for hire for journeys within, or partly within, Singapore;
(ii)the person provides taxi booking services to individuals driving such taxis.
(2)  For the purposes of this section, a person provides a taxi booking service if the person does all of the following in the course of business:
(a)facilitate bookings for taxi services;
(b)send information about bookings for taxi services to taxi drivers;
(c)assign bookings for taxi services to taxi drivers;
(d)assign taxis to persons making bookings for taxi services.
(3)  In this section —
“business” includes a venture or concern in trade or commerce conducted on a regular, repetitive or continuous basis;
“taxi” means a public service vehicle which is classified as a taxi under the Second Schedule.”.
(2)  Section 111H of the Road Traffic Act is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “his licence” in subsection (1)(a) and substituting the words “the licensee’s licence”;
(b)by deleting the words “his employees” in subsection (1)(b) and (i) and substituting in each case the words “the licensee’s employees”;
(c)by inserting, immediately after the word “suspend” in subsection (1)(iii), the words “(for not more than 3 months)”;
(d)by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:
(2)  The Authority must, before issuing any written order under subsection (1)(i), requiring payment of any financial penalty under subsection (1)(ii), or suspending or cancelling a licence under subsection (1)(iii), give notice to a licensee —
(a)stating that the Authority intends to issue the written order, require payment of the financial penalty, or suspend or cancel the licence; and
(b)requiring the licensee to show cause within such time as may be specified in the notice, why the Authority should not impose the written order, require payment of the financial penalty, or suspend or cancel the licence.”;
(e)by deleting the words “by which the financial penalty shall be paid or from which the suspension or cancellation of his licence is to take effect” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “the written order takes effect, the date by which the financial penalty must be paid, or the date the suspension or cancellation of the licence takes effect”; and
(f)by deleting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:
(5)  An appeal under subsection (4) must be brought within 14 days after the date the notice in writing under subsection (3) is given by the Authority to the licensee.”.