Singapore legislation

Clause 35

Amendment of section 111

The principal Act is amended by renumbering section 111 as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:“(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), rules may be made by the Authority to make provision about the operation of private hire car booking services, including —

(a)

the responsibilities and duties of a private hire car booking service operator, including a duty —

(i)

to take reasonable steps to ensure that each affiliated driver either holds a vocational licence that authorises the driver to drive the bookable vehicle, or is exempted under this Act from holding such a licence;

(ii)

to provide information and reports about the operator, and its affiliated drivers, and the private hire car booking service it provides to the Authority; and

(iii)

to provide the Authority an address in Singapore at which notices and other documents under this Act may be served on the private hire car booking service operator; and

(b)

providing that any contravention of any provision of the rules shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $10,000.”.

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