Point-to-Point Passenger Transport Industry (Exempt Ride-Hail Service Operator) Order 2020

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No. S 910

Point-to-Point Passenger Transport
Industry Act 2019

(ACT 20 OF 2019)

Point-to-Point Passenger Transport Industry
(Exempt Ride-Hail Service Operator) Order 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24 of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry (Exempt Ride‑Hail Service Operator) Order 2020 and comes into operation on 30 October 2020.

Who is exempt ride-hail service operator

2.—(1) The following are exempt ride-hail service operators:

(a)	a person who is the administrator of an online location or electronic media application commonly called a chat group, that consists of fewer than 800 members and is used to provide a ride‑hail service;
(b)	a person providing a ride‑hail service through an online location or electronic media application that makes available, at any time, fewer than 800 bookable vehicles for on‑demand passenger transport services (whether immediately or at a later time) to any passenger whose booking for an on‑demand passenger transport service is taken or facilitated by that person.

(2) In sub‑paragraph (1)(a), a person is a member of a chat group if the person is registered as a member of that online location or electronic media application.

Conditions

3. An exempt ride‑hail service operator may provide a ride‑hail service without a ride‑hail service licence subject to keeping and retaining records about the following aspects of the ride‑hail service:

(a)

the name and identification particulars of every participating bookable driver of the exempt ride‑hail service operator;

(b)

the following details about why each participating bookable driver of the exempt ride‑hail service operator is an authorised driver:

(i)	the relevant vocational driving authorisation granted under section 110 of the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276) to the driver to drive a public service vehicle;
(ii)	the exemption if the related driver is exempt under section 142 of the Road Traffic Act from requiring such a relevant vocational driving authorisation;

(c)

the details identifying each bookable vehicle used or made available for the on‑demand passenger transport service connected with providing the ride‑hail service, particularly its registration number, vehicle model and registered owner.

Other conditions

4. An exempt ride-hail service operator providing a ride‑hail service where the passengers are transported under a vehicle pooling arrangement must ensure that any participating bookable driver of the exempt ride‑hail service operator who drives a bookable vehicle described in regulation 3 of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 422/2020) to provide the on‑demand passenger transport service to passengers under the vehicle pooling arrangement does not provide more than 2 journeys each day under that vehicle pooling arrangement.

Aspects of ride-hail service for record retention

5. For the purposes of section 29(3)(a) of the Act, an exempt ride‑hail service operator must keep and retain every record that is relevant to monitoring or evaluating the matters specified in paragraph 3.

Made on 27 October 2020.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

Chairman,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/L18.057.002/NN/DT/P2P.20.Batch2; AG/LEGIS/SL/232B/2020/3 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 54 of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019).

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