Public Transport Council (Common Pricing Schemes) Regulations 2016

No. S 31

Public Transport Council Act

(CHAPTER 259B)

Public Transport Council
(Common Pricing Schemes) Regulations 2016

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 28 of the Public Transport Council Act, the Public Transport Council, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Public Transport Council (Common Pricing Schemes) Regulations 2016 and come into operation on 22 January 2016.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“distance rate” and “waiting time” have the same respective meanings as in the Order;

“general meeting” means a general meeting of taxi industry participants for the purpose of considering varying one or more variable fare components by a common pricing scheme;

“Order” means the Public Transport Council (Taxi Fare Pricing Policy) Order 2016 (G.N. No. S 30/2016);

“registered taxi” means a motor vehicle registered as a taxi under the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276);

“taxi service operator” means a taxi service operator licensed under Part VA of the Road Traffic Act;

“Taxi Transport Association” means the society of that name registered under the Societies Act (Cap. 311);

“variable fare component” means a fare component of any taxi fare specified in regulation 3(2).

Made on 21 January 2016.

RICHARD MAGNUS

Chairman,
Public Transport Council,
Singapore.

[PTC 84-01; AG/LEGIS/SL/259B/2015/10 Vol. 1]

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