Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Road Traffic (Car Pooling — Exemption) (No. 3) Order 2021
Regulation 2
Definitions
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —[Deleted by S 691/2022 wef 22/08/2022]“approved on‑demand ride booking service” means an on‑demand ride booking service (within the meaning given by section 4 of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019 (Act 20 of 2019)) provided by an approved operator, that —
directly matches —
the drivers of private motor cars who make available the booking of their cars to provide carriage for a journey or part of a journey that the driver would be undertaking in any event; with(ii)prospective passengers seeking to book carriage for a journey or part of a journey mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i); and
communicates the booking, or facilitates the prospective passenger to communicate his or her booking, to the driver of such a private motor car to provide that carriage;“approved operator” means any of the following entities:
GrabCar Pte. Ltd. (UEN 201427085E);
Ryde Technologies Pte. Ltd. (UEN 201425891W);
an exempt ride-hail service operator with the meaning given by the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry (Exempt Ride‑Hail Service Operator) Order 2020 (G.N. No. S 910/2020);“car pooling arrangement” means the carriage by motor vehicle of one or more passengers on a journey to which each of the following applies:
the carriage is incidental to the main purpose of the journey and the driver would have undertaken the journey in any event;
the carriage provided is not the result of the driver or another person standing or plying for hire on a road, a parking place, or a public stand provided for public service vehicles under Part V of the Act;
the consideration for the carriage is limited to —
the payment by a passenger of a share of the costs incurred in making the journey, with neither the driver nor any other person making a profit from the carriage of the passenger or all other passengers if more than one is carried under the arrangement; or
an undertaking by a passenger to carry the driver, or a family member of the driver, on a similar journey on the same basis, or some other similar benefit;“private motor car” means a motor car (within the meaning given by section 4(1)(e) of the Act) registered in the name of an individual and that —
is used —
by the individual, a member of the individual’s family or another person with that individual’s authority; and
for social or domestic purposes or for the individual’s business; but(b)is not used for the carriage of goods which are not samples or for instructional purposes for reward.
Definition
“approved on‑demand ride booking service” means an on‑demand ride booking service (within the meaning given by section 4 of the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry Act 2019 (Act 20 of 2019)) provided by an approved operator, that —
directly matches —
the drivers of private motor cars who make available the booking of their cars to provide carriage for a journey or part of a journey that the driver would be undertaking in any event; with(ii)prospective passengers seeking to book carriage for a journey or part of a journey mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i); and
communicates the booking, or facilitates the prospective passenger to communicate his or her booking, to the driver of such a private motor car to provide that carriage;
Definition
“approved operator” means any of the following entities:
GrabCar Pte. Ltd. (UEN 201427085E);
Ryde Technologies Pte. Ltd. (UEN 201425891W);
an exempt ride-hail service operator with the meaning given by the Point‑to‑Point Passenger Transport Industry (Exempt Ride‑Hail Service Operator) Order 2020 (G.N. No. S 910/2020);
Definition
“car pooling arrangement” means the carriage by motor vehicle of one or more passengers on a journey to which each of the following applies:
the carriage is incidental to the main purpose of the journey and the driver would have undertaken the journey in any event;
the carriage provided is not the result of the driver or another person standing or plying for hire on a road, a parking place, or a public stand provided for public service vehicles under Part V of the Act;
the consideration for the carriage is limited to —
the payment by a passenger of a share of the costs incurred in making the journey, with neither the driver nor any other person making a profit from the carriage of the passenger or all other passengers if more than one is carried under the arrangement; or
an undertaking by a passenger to carry the driver, or a family member of the driver, on a similar journey on the same basis, or some other similar benefit;
Definition
“private motor car” means a motor car (within the meaning given by section 4(1)(e) of the Act) registered in the name of an individual and that —
is used —
by the individual, a member of the individual’s family or another person with that individual’s authority; and
for social or domestic purposes or for the individual’s business; but(b)is not used for the carriage of goods which are not samples or for instructional purposes for reward.