Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of Road Traffic (Car Pooling — Exemption) (No. 3) Order 2021

Regulation 3

Driver of private motor car in car pooling arrangement

Subregulation 1

An individual who drives a private motor car for the carriage of passengers on not more than 2 journeys each day —

(a)

under a car pooling arrangement that involves the provider of an approved on‑demand ride booking service directly matching the individual with the passenger with respect to the carriage for a journey or part of a journey that the driver would be undertaking in any event;

(b)

in which the individual (directly or through the provider of the approved on‑demand ride booking service) does the following before the start of the carriage:

(i)

informs the passenger of the individual’s destination;

(ii)

agrees with the passenger on the date of, pick‑up and drop‑off points of, and the payment (whether in cash or in kind) for, the carriage; and

(c)

without displaying in or on the private motor car any fares for hiring the private motor car,is exempt from the Part V requirements specified in sub‑paragraph (2).

Subregulation 2

The Part V requirements are the requirements in the following provisions insofar as they apply to the use of a private motor car for the carriage of passengers under a car pooling arrangement:

(a)

section 101(1) of the Act to be issued with a public service vehicle licence;

(b)

section 106 of the Act;

(c)

section 110(1)(a) of the Act to hold a vocational licence granted under Part V of the Act;

(d)

Part III of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules (R 8);

(e)

the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules (R 14).

Subregulation 3

To calculate the number of journeys in a day for the purposes of sub‑paragraph (1), a journey —

(a)

starts at the beginning of the carriage in a private motor car of the first passenger for hire or reward in the course of the driver’s journey to the driver’s destination (as informed to the passenger under sub‑paragraph (1)(b)(i)); and

(b)

ends when the private motor car reaches that destination.