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 —
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;
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:
informs the passenger of the individual’s destination;
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
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:
section 101(1) of the Act to be issued with a public service vehicle licence;
section 106 of the Act;
section 110(1)(a) of the Act to hold a vocational licence granted under Part V of the Act;
Part III of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) (Vocational Licences and Conduct of Drivers, Conductors, Trishaw Riders and Passengers) Rules (R 8);
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 —
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
ends when the private motor car reaches that destination.