Public Transport Council (Exempt Taxi Service Providers) Order 2016

No. S 24

Public Transport Council Act

(CHAPTER 259B)

Public Transport Council
(Exempt Taxi Service Providers) Order 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 27 of the Public Transport Council Act, the Public Transport Council makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Public Transport Council (Exempt Taxi Service Providers) Order 2016 and comes into operation on 22 January 2016.

Definitions

2. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —

“charter taxi service” means a taxi service whereby —

(a)	the provision of the service is pre‑booked for hire for a fixed sum or fixed rate agreed between the hirer and the taxi service operator which owns the taxi;
(b)	no other fares are payable by the passengers to the taxi driver or the taxi service operator which owns the taxi; and
(c)	the hirer is entitled to determine the route for the journey or the time of travel or both;

“hirer” means the person by whom a taxi is hired to transport the hirer (with or without other passengers), and includes a person attempting to hire a taxi;

“Singapore‑Johor taxi service” means a taxi service whereby —

(a)

the provision of the service is for a fixed sum agreed between the hirer and the taxi service operator which owns the taxi;

(b)

no other fares are payable by the passengers to the taxi driver or the taxi service operator which owns the taxi; and

(c)

the hiring is for a journey by taxi —

(i)	that starts anywhere in Singapore and ends at Larkin Terminal in Johor Bahru; or
(ii)	that starts at Larkin Terminal in Johor Bahru and ends at any destination in Singapore;

“taxi driver” means the individual driving the taxi if the individual holds a valid licence under Part V of the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276) authorising the individual to drive the taxi for hire or reward;

“wheelchair‑accessible taxi” means a taxi bearing a vehicle registration number set out in the Schedule.

Exempt persons

3. A person who provides any of the following taxi services, and any taxi driver of a taxi used for any of the following taxi services, is exempt from sections 23(2)(a) and (2A) and 23B of the Act:

(a)	a Singapore‑Johor taxi service;
(b)	a charter taxi service;
(c)	a taxi service using a wheelchair-accessible taxi for the carriage of any passenger, whether or not travelling in a wheelchair.

Revocation

4. The Public Transport Council (Exemption) Order (O 1) is revoked.

Made on 21 January 2016.

RICHARD MAGNUS

Chairman,
Public Transport Council,
Singapore.

[PTC 84-01; AG/LEGIS/SL/259B/2015/9 Vol. 1]

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