Singapore legislation
Regulation 4
of Point-to-Point Passenger Transport Industry Regulations 2020
Regulation 4
Vehicle pooling arrangement prescribed as “on‑demand ride booking service”
Subregulation 1
A vehicle pooling arrangement that meets the description as follows is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of “on‑demand ride booking service” in section 4(1) of the Act:
the vehicle pooling arrangement involves only any of the following types of vehicles:
bookable vehicles described in regulation 3;
a public service vehicle which is classified as a taxi under the Second Schedule to the Road Traffic Act 1961;
a private hire car (within the meaning given by the Road Traffic Act 1961) which is hired, or made available for hire, under a contract (express or implied) for use as a whole with a driver for the purpose of conveying one or more passengers (if any) in that car;
the vehicle pooling arrangement is for the provision of a passenger transport service for a journey or part of a journey that a driver would be undertaking in any event; (c)the vehicle pooling arrangement involves directly matching —
drivers of such bookable vehicles who make available the booking of their vehicles to provide a passenger transport service for a journey or part of a journey mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b); with(ii)prospective passengers seeking to book a passenger transport service for a journey or part of a journey mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b),and communicating the booking, or facilitating the prospective passenger to communicate his or her booking, to the driver of such a bookable vehicle to provide that passenger transport service;
the passenger transport service provided under the vehicle pooling arrangement is not a result of standing or plying for hire on a road by the driver of the vehicle or any other person;
a payment by a passenger for the passenger transport service is substantially limited to making a contribution to the costs incurred by the driver in making the journey. Example A service called “GrabHitch”.
Subregulation 2
However, paragraph (1) does not include a vehicle pooling arrangement whereby —
several individuals travel together in a bookable vehicle on a journey on the basis that they will share the transport costs or driving duties or both; or
several individuals agree to transport one another in each other’s motor car in turns over a fixed period, correspondingly apportioning transport costs, for the purpose of commuting to work or to a regular sporting, recreational or other activity of their common interest.