Clause 3

by deleting the definitions of “bus service” and “bus service licence” and substituting the following definitions:“ “bus fare” means the price payable by a passenger for any bus service involving the carriage of the passenger on a bus;“bus operator”, in relation to a bus service, means the person who operates the bus service but does not include —

the Land Transport Authority of Singapore; or

a person who merely arranges for the registration of a bus, drives a bus, or maintains or arranges for the maintenance of a bus;“bus service” means a service for the carriage of passengers for a fare by buses on roads for journeys wholly or partly within Singapore according to pre-determined routes and timetables with 2 or more bus stopping points within Singapore, but does not include a bus service excluded from this definition by the Minister by order published in the Gazette;“bus service licence” means a licence granted (or deemed granted) under the Bus Services Industry Act 2015 to operate one or more bus services;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Chairman”, the following definition:“ “Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Council appointed under section 5C and includes any individual acting in that capacity;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “clearing”, the following definition:“ “common pricing scheme”, for any fare component for a taxi service, means a contract made between the prescribed taxi industry participants providing the taxi service that provides —

for a common price or price structure for the fare component in relation to that taxi service; and

for periodic reviews of that common price or price structure,and includes any variation of that contract;”;

by deleting the definition of “fare” and substituting the following definitions:“ “fare” means any bus fare, taxi fare or train fare;“invalid ticket” means a ticket that is for a journey on a bus or train operated by a public bus operator or licensed rapid transit system operator for which a ticket is required and —

that is used, or attempted to be used —

for a journey that is not the journey for which the ticket was issued;

to over-travel the fare that was paid for the journey, without reasonable excuse; or

by a person who is not the first user of a ticket which is non-transferable;

that has been altered or defaced;

that is counterfeit; or

that is expired;“Land Transport Authority of Singapore” or “LTA” means the public authority of that name constituted under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 158A);“licensed” means —

licensed under the Bus Services Industry Act 2015 in the case of a bus operator;

licensed under the Rapid Transit Systems Act (Cap. 263A) in the case of an operator of a rapid transit system; or

licensed under the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276) in the case of a taxi service operator or a taxi driver;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “manager”, the following definitions:“ “over-travel”, in relation to a fare, means to remain on a bus or train after the place, distance or time covered by the fare paid for the journey has been reached and includes, for a smartcard ticket, tapping out before the completion of the journey or part of the journey;“paid area” means —

any platform of a railway station that is part of a rapid transit system; and

any area between such a platform and any ticket barrier access or ticket validating machine past which access is gained to the platform;“passenger” means an individual carried upon a bus, train or taxi, as the case may be, but does not include —

an owner, a driver or fare‑collector of a bus, train or taxi while carrying out work or on duty in that capacity; or

a public transport official while carrying out work or on duty in that capacity;“penalty fee” means the penalty fee referred to in section 24C;“price”, in relation to any fare, includes —

the amount of any rate, fee, levy and charge and any other valuable consideration (however described) for a journey by bus, train or taxi (as the case may be), whether or not it is paid or given to an operator of a bus service, train service, taxi service or a driver of a bus, train or taxi;

the provision of, or arrangements for, a discount, concession, allowance, rebate or credit applying in relation to any amount in paragraph (a); and

in the case of a taxi fare, includes the amount of a taxi booking fee,but does not include a consideration of a kind prescribed by the Minister by order in the Gazette for the purposes of this definition;“pricing policy” means the policy for setting any fare, including a policy relating to the level or structure of prices for any fare;“public authority” means a body established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function;“public bus operator” means a licensed bus operator who is party to a public bus services contract for the provision of bus services specified in that contract, and includes a licensed bus operator holding a Class 1 bus service licence but is not party to such a contract;“public bus services contract” has the same meaning as in the Bus Services Industry Act 2015;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “public service vehicle”, the following definition:“ “Public Transport Fund” means the fund of that name established under Part IIIA;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “rapid transit system”, the following definitions:“ “registered provider” has the same meaning as in the Third-Party Taxi Booking Service Providers Act 2015 (Act 17 of 2015);“smartcard reader” means a device or combination of devices that is capable of electronically reading, recording and processing information from a ticket that is a smartcard, and copying or transferring information from the smartcard and storing and displaying the information in legible form;“tap in”, where payment of a fare is made using a smartcard, means to present a smartcard ticket to a smartcard reader on starting a journey, or part of a journey, resulting in a response from smartcard reader that the transaction is successful;“tapping out”, where payment of a fare is made using a smartcard, means to present a smartcard ticket to a smartcard reader on completing a journey, or part of a journey, resulting in a response from the smartcard reader that the transaction is successful;”;

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “taxi”, the following definitions:“ “taxi booking fee” means a fee for a service that —

facilitates bookings for taxi services;

sends information about bookings for taxi services to taxi drivers;

assigns bookings for taxi services to taxi drivers; and

assigns taxis to persons making bookings for taxi services,whether provided by a licensed taxi service operator or a registered provider;“taxi industry participant” means —

a licensed taxi service operator; or

a taxi driver licensed under the Road Traffic Act to drive a taxi not owned by a licensed taxi service operator;“taxi service” means the service of transporting of passengers for a journey within or partly within Singapore for a fare by taxi where the taxi —

plies for hire on roads in Singapore;

is available for hire from designated taxi stands on public roads in Singapore; or

is hired through a booking service provided by a licensed taxi service operator or a registered provider;“taxi service operator” has the same meaning as in section 111A of the Road Traffic Act;”;

by deleting the words “bus service operator” in the definition of “ticket” and substituting the words “public bus operator”; and

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “ticket transaction” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definitions:“ “train” means a train used as part of a rapid transit system the operation of which is licensed under the Rapid Transit Systems Act;“train fare” means the price payable by a passenger for any service involving the carriage of the passenger on a train operated by a licensed rapid transit system operator;“train service” means the service for the transport of passengers by one or more trains on a rapid transit system within Singapore for a fare.”.