Clause 3

by deleting the definitions of “bus” and “bus service licence” and substituting the following definitions:“ “bus” means any motor vehicle registered as a bus under the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276);“bus service” means a service that is provided to any person upon the payment of a fare using one or more buses operating on pre-determined timetables and routes;“bus service licence” means a bus service licence granted under Part IV;“bus service operator” means any person who operates 10 or more bus services;“bus service operator’s licence” means a bus service operator’s licence granted under Part IVA;“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council and includes any temporary Chairman of the Council;“clearing”, in relation to a ticket payment service, means any arrangement, process, mechanism or facility provided by a person in respect of ticket transactions, by which —

information relating to the terms of those transactions are verified by such person with a view to confirming the authenticity of those transactions; or

the amount payable to the parties under those transactions is calculated and verified;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “fare”, the following definitions:“ “licensee” means a person to whom any licence has been granted under this Act;“limited liability partnership” has the same meaning given to it by section 4(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 (Act 5 of 2005);“manager” —

in relation to a company, means the principal executive officer of the company for the time being by whatever name called and whether or not he is a director thereof; and

in relation to a limited liability partnership, has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005;”;

by deleting the definition of “public service vehicle” and substituting the following definitions:“ “public service vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276);“public transport official” means a person appointed by the Council as a public transport official under section 24A;”; and

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “taxi” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definitions:“ “ticket” means any form of authorisation, issued for the conveyance of any passenger on a rapid transit system or on any bus operated by a bus service operator, or both;“ticket payment service” means —

a service for —

the clearing of any ticket transaction; or

the sale, topping-up, replacement of, or refund or management of the use of a mode of payment for, tickets; or

such other services as the Council may, by order in the Gazette, prescribe;“ticket payment service licence” means a licence granted under Part IVB;“ticket transaction” means any record of a fare deduction created by the use of a mode of payment for tickets.”.