Bus Services Industry Act 2015 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Licensing of Bus Operators
11. Unauthorised operation of bus services
Feedback & supportA person must not operate in Singapore a bus service unless —
operate
“operate” means —(a)for a bus service — to control or direct the operations of the bus service in connection with a business for, or involving, the transport of passengers by road by that bus service, but does not include —(i)merely arranging for the registration of a bus;(ii)merely driving a bus; or(iii)merely maintaining or arranging for the maintenance of a bus; and(b)for a bus depot or bus interchange — to control or direct the operations of the bus depot or bus interchange in connection with a business, but does not include the following:(i)merely driving a bus;(ii)merely repairing a bus;(iii)merely refuelling a bus, or supplying fuel for buses, parked at a bus depot or bus interchange;(iv)merely charging the battery of a bus, or supplying electricity for the charging of batteries of buses, parked at a bus depot or bus interchange;
the person is authorised to do so by a bus service licence;
the person is exempt from this section by or under this Act in relation to that bus service;
the person is the LTA; or
the person (called in this Act a bus service subcontractor) is authorised to do so by contract with a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
where the number of bus services operated in contravention is 10 or more regular route services — to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $5,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; or
in any other case — to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.