Singapore legislation

Section 110B

of Road Traffic Act 1961

Section 110B

Interpretation of sections 110A and 111

Amended by10/201720/2019

In sections 110A and 111 —“blackout period”, for a general suspension order, means a period after the general suspension order takes effect, of a duration that is fixed and specified by the Registrar in the order, being a period not exceeding one month;“bookable vehicle” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;“designated exempt ride‑hail service operator” means a person who is an exempt ride‑hail service operator and is prescribed by rules under section 111 to be designated by the Authority for the purposes of this definition;“participating bookable driver”, for a designated exempt ride‑hail service operator, means a driver who has a participating driver agreement with the operator, and it is immaterial whether the driver is an employee or agent of the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator;“participating driver agreement”, in relation to a designated exempt ride‑hail service operator providing a ride‑hail service, means an agreement or arrangement between the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator and a driver of a bookable vehicle under which —

(a)

the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator agrees to —

(i)

take or facilitate any booking by or on behalf of a passenger for bookable vehicles to be made available in providing on‑demand passenger transport services (whether immediately or at a later time) to the passenger; and

(ii)

communicate the booking to participating bookable drivers; and

(b)

the driver agrees to carry out the on‑demand passenger transport service in the booking by transporting the passenger for hire or reward, using a bookable vehicle,and it does not matter whether or not the driver is an employee or agent of the designated exempt ride-hail service operator providing the ride-hail service or whether the vehicle is hired from that operator;“relevant offence” means any of the following offences committed on or after 1 July 2017:

(a)

an offence under section 101(2) involving any private hire car;

(b)

an offence under section 131 for contravening section 110(1)(a) involving any private hire car;

(c)

an offence under section 3 of the Motor Vehicles (Third‑Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960 involving any private hire car.

Definition

“blackout period”, for a general suspension order, means a period after the general suspension order takes effect, of a duration that is fixed and specified by the Registrar in the order, being a period not exceeding one month;

Definition

“bookable vehicle” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019;

Definition

“designated exempt ride‑hail service operator” means a person who is an exempt ride‑hail service operator and is prescribed by rules under section 111 to be designated by the Authority for the purposes of this definition;

Definition

“participating bookable driver”, for a designated exempt ride‑hail service operator, means a driver who has a participating driver agreement with the operator, and it is immaterial whether the driver is an employee or agent of the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator;

Definition

“participating driver agreement”, in relation to a designated exempt ride‑hail service operator providing a ride‑hail service, means an agreement or arrangement between the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator and a driver of a bookable vehicle under which —

(a)

the designated exempt ride‑hail service operator agrees to —

(i)

take or facilitate any booking by or on behalf of a passenger for bookable vehicles to be made available in providing on‑demand passenger transport services (whether immediately or at a later time) to the passenger; and

(ii)

communicate the booking to participating bookable drivers; and

(b)

the driver agrees to carry out the on‑demand passenger transport service in the booking by transporting the passenger for hire or reward, using a bookable vehicle,and it does not matter whether or not the driver is an employee or agent of the designated exempt ride-hail service operator providing the ride-hail service or whether the vehicle is hired from that operator;

Definition

“relevant offence” means any of the following offences committed on or after 1 July 2017:

(a)

an offence under section 101(2) involving any private hire car;

(b)

an offence under section 131 for contravening section 110(1)(a) involving any private hire car;

(c)

an offence under section 3 of the Motor Vehicles (Third‑Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960 involving any private hire car.

Amended by10/201720/2019
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