5. Administration of Act

Terms defined in this Act

• bus

  bus

  Defined · s 2

  “bus” means any motor vehicle registered as a bus under the Road Traffic Act 1961;

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• bus depot

  bus depot

  Defined · s 2

  “bus depot” means any premises with purpose‑built facilities for the parking, maintenance or refuelling of buses, or the charging of batteries of buses (when the battery is attached to the bus), by bus operators holding Class 1 bus service licences, but does not include any such premises if located within any bus interchange;

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• bus interchange

  bus interchange

  Defined · s 2

  “bus interchange” means a terminal or station with purpose‑built facilities —(a)for the commencement or termination of one or more bus services; and(b)that may also provide for the boarding or alighting of passengers;

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• bus service

  bus service

  Defined · s 2

  “bus service” means a service consisting of the carriage of passengers, for a fare, by buses operated —(a)at predetermined timetables; and(b)on a fixed route on roads for journeys wholly or partly within Singapore with 2 or more bus stopping points within Singapore;

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• control

  control

  Defined · s 28B

  “control” includes control as a result of, or by means of, any trust, agreement, arrangement, understanding or practice, whether or not having legal or equitable force and whether or not based on legal or equitable rights;

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• equity interest

  equity interest

  Defined · s 28B

  “equity interest” —(a)in relation to a corporation — means a voting share in that corporation;(b)in relation to an entity other than a corporation — means any right or interest, whether legal or equitable, in that entity (by whatever name called) which gives the holder of that right or interest voting power in that entity; and(c)in relation to a business trust — means a unit in that business trust;

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• licensed

  licensed

  Defined · s 2

  “licensed” means licensed (or deemed licensed) under this Act for the time being, but does not include any period when a licence is suspended;

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• LTA

  LTA

  Defined · s 2

  “LTA” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore constituted under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;

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• operate

  operate

  Defined · s 2

  “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;

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