Shared Mobility Enterprises (Control and Licensing) Bill

is in the direct employment of, or acting for or by arrangement with, the licensee; and

is principally responsible for the management and conduct of the business of the licensee insofar as it relates to providing a shared mobility service,and includes an individual for the time being performing all or any of the functions or duties of a chief executive officer;

where the applicant, class licensee or licensee is a body corporate (including a limited liability partnership) —

an individual for the time being holding the office of chairperson, director, partner, chief executive officer, manager or company secretary (as the case may be) of the body or any position analogous to any of those offices; or

for a corporation whose affairs are managed by its members, any of those members as if the member were a director of the corporation;

where the applicant, class licensee or licensee is a partnership (including a limited partnership), a partner of the partnership; or

where the applicant, class licensee or licensee is an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), an individual for the time being holding the office of president, secretary or member (as the case may be) of the committee of the unincorporated association, or any position analogous to any of those offices,and includes any person carrying out the duties of any such office referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) if the office is vacant;

any ministry, department or Organ of State of the Government; or

any body established by or under any public Act to perform a public function;

which is, or is on —

any State land;

any land under the control or management of a public authority; or

any land which is under lease from a public authority to another person other than another public authority or to the Government, and is prescribed by the Minister, by order in the Gazette, as a public place for the purposes of this Act; and

to which members of the public have access as of right or by virtue of express or implied permission and without payment of a fee,and includes a public path within the meaning given by the Active Mobility Act 2017;

under section 29(1) or (2) against a licensee or class licensee; or

under section 30(2) against a former licensee or former class licensee;

is directly involved in the day-to-day management of the provision of that shared mobility service;

has access to and is authorised to provide any information relating to the shared mobility service that is required by or under this Act; and

is authorised to represent for the purposes of this Act the provider of the shared mobility service in providing that service;

any situation where an individual —

dies as a result of an occurrence associated with the riding of a vehicle used in the provision of that service; or

is injured or incapacitated as a result of an occurrence associated with the riding of a vehicle used in the provision of that service; or

any situation where any immovable property is destroyed or seriously damaged as a result of an occurrence associated with the riding of a vehicle used in the provision of that service,and “occurrence” includes an accident or a near‑accident;

a bicycle;

a power-assisted bicycle;

a personal mobility device;

a mobility vehicle; or

any other vehicle (whether mechanically propelled or otherwise) that is designed to transport people only (with or without carry‑on baggage) and is ordinarily not permitted by law to be used on a road,and does not include a motor car or motor cycle, a heavy or light locomotive, a motor tractor or a public service vehicle which is a bus, private hire car or taxi;

demarcated (by a marking or traffic sign or other signboard) for parking of vehicles of that type; and

provided by any licensee, class licensee, the Government or a public authority for the parking of vehicles of that type.

the hire of a vehicle for use on a single occasion, or the hire of a vehicle or different vehicles on multiple occasions within a fixed period;

the hire of the vehicle as a free gift, or with the supply of any other goods or services as a free gift;

the hire of the vehicle as a prize in any lottery, raffle, draw, game or competition held in Singapore;

the hire of the vehicle to the general public as a free example or demonstration of a shared mobility service;

the hire (with or without consideration) of the vehicle to an employee for the performance of employment duties or an outworker under an outwork arrangement;

under which an individual (whether or not in the course of business or providing other services) performs work contracted to be performed under that contract, agreement, understanding or other arrangement for the contractor; and

that is not a contract of employment;

a service provided using vehicles of a type prescribed by Regulations, under which an individual —

can hire on-demand a vehicle of that type when it is standing or exposed undocked in a public place for hire by the general public to ride on wholly or partly in a public place, and can end the hiring of the vehicle undocked in or at any public place;

can hire on-demand a vehicle of that type when it is standing or exposed undocked (whether or not in a public place) for hire by the general public or otherwise to ride on wholly or partly in a public place, and can end the hiring of the vehicle either undocked or docked in or at any place, whether or not a public place;

can hire a docked vehicle of that type to ride on wholly or partly in a public place, and can end the hiring of the vehicle either undocked or docked in or at any place, whether or not a public place;

can make a booking to hire as described in sub‑paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) a vehicle of that type to ride on wholly or partly in a public place, whether immediately or at a later time; or

a service that involves facilitating the making and taking of bookings to hire as described in paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii) any vehicle of a type prescribed by Regulations,but excludes any service of a kind that the Regulations prescribe is not a shared mobility service.

that is outdoors or in an unenclosed shelter; and

other than in or at a vehicle docking station or installation that —

is attached permanently to the ground; and

is installed or provided by a person for the exclusive use of that person’s customers and can only be used by those customers.

that a booking is obtained or communicated remotely by means of an electronic device or other means not directly provided by the person who provides the service; or

that the provider of the shared mobility service is located outside Singapore, if the vehicle hired under that service is hired for riding wholly or partly within Singapore.

is not authorised to do so by a licence or class licence; and

is not exempt from this section under section 47 in relation to that service.

a licensee is not authorised by its licence to provide a shared mobility service during the period the licence is suspended under section 29; and

a class licensee is not authorised by its class licence to provide a shared mobility service during the period the application of the class licence to that class licensee is suspended under section 29.

using vehicles which are the type, or the model of a type of vehicles, proscribed by Regulations; and

when the person is not exempt from this section under section 47 in relation to that service.

be in the form and manner the LTA specifies;

be accompanied by an application fee, if prescribed;

contain —

an address in Singapore at which notices and other documents under this Act for the applicant may be served; or

the name and address of one or more persons in Singapore authorised by the applicant to accept on the applicant’s behalf service of notices and other documents under this Act;

state the type of vehicle used or to be used in the provision of the shared mobility service; and

be accompanied by the prescribed information and any other additional information that the LTA requires to decide on the application.

that is incomplete or not made in accordance with this section;

where an inspection mentioned in subsection (5) in relation to the application is refused; or

where a safety directive is in force.

the land or premises on or at which the applicant intends either or both the following:

to provide the shared mobility service in the application;

to place any vehicle or carry out any activity in connection with the provision of that shared mobility service;

any vehicle, equipment or other thing which the applicant intends to use to provide the shared mobility service in the application.

provides, or causes or permits to be provided, any document or information in connection with the application, which is false in a material particular; and

knows or ought reasonably to know that, or is reckless as to whether, it is false or misleading in a material particular.

on payment of —

the applicable licence fee (if prescribed), grant the applicant a licence authorising the applicant to provide a shared mobility service; or

a renewal fee and, in the case of a late renewal application a late renewal fee (if prescribed), renew the licence; or

refuse to grant or renew the licence, as the case may be.

whether the applicant is or is not —

intending to provide any other shared mobility service; or

a holder of another licence or a class licensee;

the demand for the shared mobility service in the application;

the existence of other licensees providing a shared mobility service using the same type of vehicle proposed in the application;

the existence of other licensees providing a shared mobility service using other types of vehicles;

the design, safety and roadworthiness of the vehicles to be used by the applicant in providing the shared mobility service;

the adequacy of parking places for the type of vehicles proposed to be used in providing the shared mobility service in the application;

whether the applicant does or does not have (or is likely or unlikely to have) the financial capacity and ability to provide the shared mobility service in the application according to this Act and the applicable standards of performance;

whether the applicant is a corporation, partnership, limited liability partnership or an unincorporated association;

whether the applicant and where necessary, whether every officer of the applicant is a suitable person to be involved in the management and operation of providing the shared mobility service in the application;

whether the applicant has nominated or will nominate at least one individual who satisfies the prescribed qualifications as a representative if a licence is granted;

whether it is otherwise contrary to the public interest for the licence to be granted to the applicant.

the person’s or individual’s relevant knowledge, competency and experience in matters connected with providing such a service;

any evidence of the exercise of any power under section 29 or 30 —

in relation to the person or individual for committing an offence under this Act, or for contravening any direction given under this Act; or

in relation to a licensee holding, or a former licensee which held, a licence of which the individual is or was an officer when the power was exercised;

any evidence of the exercise of any power under section 8P of the Parking Places Act (Cap. 214) (as in force before the date of commencement of section 51(5)) in relation to a person holding a licence granted under Part 3 of that Act to provide a licensable service, of which the individual is or was an officer when that power was exercised;

any prior conviction for committing (whether before, on or after the date of commencement of this Part) any of the following offences:

an offence under Part 3 of the Parking Places Act (or regulations made under that Part) as in force before the date of commencement of section 51(5);

an offence under this Act;

an offence under section 32A of the Street Works Act (Cap. 320A) or section 23B, 28 or 58A of the Active Mobility Act 2017;

any other offence involving fraud or dishonesty, whether or not the conviction was in a Singapore court;

any relevant offence under any written law;

any previous occasion where the person or individual accepted any composition sum offered under any written law for an offence mentioned in paragraph (d).

the construction or type of vehicle used in providing the shared mobility service authorised by the licence;

the type of shared mobility service;

the number of vehicles used or intended to be used in providing the shared mobility service authorised by the licence;

the place where the shared mobility service is being or is to be provided.

fixing the type of vehicles which may be made available by the licensee for hiring in the provision of the shared mobility service authorised by the licence;

fixing the maximum or minimum number, or both, of the vehicles which the licensee, during the validity period of the licence or any part of that period —

may offer or expose for hiring; or

may allow the hiring of which to end undocked,or both;

fixing the area in Singapore within which the licensee may provide the shared mobility service authorised by the licence;

requiring a serial number to be engraved on or affixed to every vehicle used or to be used by the licensee to provide the shared mobility service authorised by the licence;

requiring the licensee to provide parking spaces for the type of vehicles used or to be used by the licensee in providing the shared mobility service authorised by the licence;

requiring the licensee to take, so far as is reasonably practicable, such measures as are necessary to ensure that, for every vehicle hired from the licensee in the course of providing the shared mobility service, the rider of the vehicle has attended and successfully completed a prescribed test of competence to ride the vehicle which is the subject of the hiring;

requiring the licensee —

to appoint, and ensure that at all times there is appointed, one or more persons in Singapore authorised by the licensee to accept on the licensee’s behalf service of notices and other documents under this Act; and

to provide the name, address and contact details of the person or persons appointed as required by sub‑paragraph (i);

requiring the licensee —

to nominate, and ensure that at all times there is nominated, one or more representatives each of whom satisfies the prescribed qualifications; and

to provide the name, address and contact details of the representative or representatives so nominated;

requiring the furnishing of a performance bond, guarantee or any other form of security of such amount and on such terms and conditions as the LTA may determine —

to secure compliance by the licensee with any condition attached to the licence or any standard of performance applicable to the licensee;

to meet any financial penalty arising out of any regulatory action started or likely to start against the licensee, or both; or

to meet any cost or expenses which the LTA may reasonably incur in moving and disposing of vehicles that were used by a former licensee in providing shared mobility services and are abandoned in public places;

requiring the licensee to undergo (at its own cost) such audit as the LTA may require to ascertain the licensee’s compliance with —

the provisions of this Act or a standard of performance applicable to the licensee;

the conditions of the licence granted to that licensee; or

a direction given under this Act or a safety directive; and

prohibiting the collection of deposits from hirers of vehicles used in the provision of the shared mobility service by the licensee.

stating that the LTA proposes to make the modification in the manner as specified in the notice; and

specifying the time (being not less than 14 days from the date of service of notice on the licensee) within which the licensee may make written representations to the LTA with respect to the proposed modification.

reject the representation;

amend the proposed modification of any condition of a licence in such manner as the LTA thinks fit having regard to the representation; or

withdraw the proposed modification.

the LTA rejects any written representation under subsection (3)(a);

the LTA amends any proposed modification to any condition of a licence under subsection (3)(b); or

no written representation is received by the LTA within the time specified in subsection (2)(b), or any written representation made under that subsection is subsequently withdrawn,the LTA must issue a written direction to the licensee in question requiring the licensee, within the time specified by the LTA, to give effect to the modification as specified in the notice under subsection (2) or as amended by the LTA, as the case may be.

be in the form and manner the LTA determines;

be accompanied by an application fee, if prescribed; and

be accompanied by such prescribed information and any other additional information that the LTA requires to decide on the application.

on payment of a fee (if prescribed) to modify a licence condition in subsection (1), modify other relevant conditions of the licence and grant the licensee the modification applied for;

refuse to modify the licence condition in the application.

provides, or causes or permits to be provided, any document or information in connection with the application which is false in a material particular; and

knows or ought reasonably to know that, or is reckless as to whether, it is false or misleading in a material particular.

the licence contains a condition authorising the transfer or assignment; and

the LTA consents in writing to the transfer or assignment.

if the licence is not capable of transfer or assignment;

if the transfer or assignment, or purported transfer or assignment, is in breach of a condition of the licence; or

if there has, before the transfer or assignment or purported transfer or assignment, been a contravention of a condition subject to compliance with which the consent required by subsection (1) is given.

for a specified period or indefinitely, or to an extent specified in that order; and

subject to such conditions as may be specified in that order.

the construction or type of vehicle used in providing a shared mobility service;

the type of shared mobility service;

the number of vehicles used or intended to be used in providing a shared mobility service;

the place where a shared mobility service is being or is to be provided.

varying or revoking any condition specified in the order; or

specifying additional conditions of the order.

states that the LTA proposes to vary the class licence, or to end the class licence;

describes the proposed variation or ending; and

invites interested persons to make representations about the proposed variation or ending by a specified date that is at least 14 days after the date of publication of the notice.

to do or not to do such things as are specified or are of a description specified, except insofar as the LTA consents to the class licensee doing or not doing them;

to refer for determination by the LTA such questions arising under the class licence or are of a description specified;

to take, so far as is reasonably practicable, such measures as are necessary to ensure that, for every vehicle hired from the class licensee in the course of providing a shared mobility service, the rider of the vehicle has attended and successfully completed a prescribed test of competence to ride the vehicle which is the subject of the hiring;

to provide information and reports to the LTA about the class licensee and the shared mobility service it provides;

to provide the LTA —

an address in Singapore at which notices and other documents under this Act for the class licensee may be served; or

the name and address of one or more persons in Singapore authorised by the class licensee to accept on the class licensee’s behalf service of notices and other documents under this Act;

to nominate, and ensure that at all times there is nominated, one or more representatives each of whom satisfies the prescribed qualifications, and to provide the LTA the name, address and contact details of the representative or representatives so nominated.

to notify the LTA about the person’s identity and other particulars about the shared mobility services provided by the person; and

to pay a charge to the LTA for receiving the notification.

the resignation or removal of any officer of the corporation, partnership, limited liability partnership or unincorporated association (as the case may be) within the prescribed period after the date of resignation or removal, as the case may be; or

the death of any of its officers within the prescribed period after the date the licensee becomes aware of that death.

in respect of the whole or part (as the case may be) of every financial year, prepare such accounts and statements as are specified in, or ascertained in accordance with, the Regulations;

retain the accounts and statements prepared in accordance with paragraph (a) for 5 years after the end of the period to which they relate;

within the prescribed period after the close of a financial year of the licensee, give the LTA those accounts and statements duly audited by an auditor approved by the LTA; and

keep and retain records, where the records are relevant to the preparation of the accounts and statements of the licensee mentioned in paragraph (a), for such period and in such manner as prescribed in the Regulations.

who is subject to any requirement under subsection (1) or (2); and

who intentionally or negligently contravenes the requirement,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

keep and retain, for such period as may be prescribed, records, where the records are relevant to monitoring or evaluating, under this Act, an aspect of the shared mobility service as specified in the licence granted to the licensee; and

give to the LTA, within the period and in the manner specified in the licence, information that is relevant to monitoring or evaluating, under this Act, an aspect of the shared mobility service as specified in the licence granted to the licensee.

keep and retain, for such period as may be prescribed, records where the records are relevant to monitoring or evaluating, under this Act, an aspect of the shared mobility service as specified in the order; and

give to the LTA, within the period and in the manner prescribed, information that is relevant to monitoring or evaluating, under this Act, an aspect of the shared mobility service as specified in the order.

intentionally or negligently contravenes the requirement under subsection (1) or (2) to keep, retain or give;

intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any record or information which the person is required under subsection (1) or (2) to keep, retain or give; or

who, in keeping, retaining or giving the record or information required under subsection (1) or (2), makes any statement which the person knows to be false in a material particular, or recklessly makes such a statement.

to request and receive information held by the other party to the arrangement; and

to disclose information to the other party,but only to the extent that the information is reasonably necessary to assist in the exercise of any power under subsection (4).

information concerning possible improper parking in public places by hirers of vehicles which were hired from licensees who are party to the arrangement;

information about hirers in respect of whom a power under subsection (4) has been exercised by any licensee which is party to the arrangement;

other information prescribed.

is entitled to refuse to hire or further hire for a period not exceeding a prescribed period to any individual any undocked vehicle used by the licensee to provide a shared mobility service where the licensee has reasonable grounds to believe that the individual persistently improperly parks vehicles (whether or not hired from the same licensee) in public places; and

must refuse to hire or further hire to a particular individual for a period not exceeding a prescribed period any undocked vehicle used by the licensee to provide a shared mobility service, where directed by the LTA under section 25.

where any vehicle involved in the earlier occasions is of the same type as vehicle A or is of a prescribed class within which vehicle A falls; and

after disregarding all other occasions of improper parking in public places before that year.

issue one or more standards of performance applicable to licensees or class licensees, or specified types of licensees or class licensees;

approve as a standard of performance applicable to licensees or class licensees, or specified types of licensees or class licensees, any document prepared by a person other than the LTA if the LTA considers the document as suitable for this purpose; or

amend or revoke any standard of performance issued under paragraph (a) or approved under paragraph (b),with respect to all or any of the matters in subsection (2) or (3), as the case may be.

the design, construction, use and deployment of the vehicles owned or made available by a licensee or class licensee in providing a shared mobility service;

measures directed towards ensuring the maintenance of and keeping safe and roadworthy vehicles made available by a licensee or class licensee in providing the shared mobility service;

the extent, hours and general level of service by the licensee or class licensee to hirers, including hirer handling‑related facilities, systems and services;

measures to deal with customer complaints and lost property found in vehicles made available by the licensee or class licensee in providing the shared mobility service, and the processes to handle and dispose of these complaints and property;

measures to deal with safety and safety incidents and accidents involving vehicles made available by the licensee or class licensee in providing the shared mobility service, and reporting to the LTA those safety incidents and accidents;

measures to discourage indiscriminate parking by hirers of vehicles in public places at the end of hiring, which may include prices and the use of geo‑fencing technology;

measures necessary for —

the installation, maintenance and keeping in a state of good and serviceable repair vehicle location devices affixed to each vehicle used or to be used to provide shared mobility services; and

locating, distributing and collecting vehicles parked or apparently abandoned in public places;

performance standards relating to the provision of shared mobility services and the quality of other aspects of the provision of the shared mobility service, such as minimum service levels, and performance outcomes for regularity and accessibility of the shared mobility service and of customer information and service;

the provision of estimates, publication and display of deposits and hiring charges (including payment surcharges) for or in connection with the provision of the shared mobility service;

measures necessary for licensees to deal with any plague, epidemic, fire, flood, earthquake or disaster (natural or otherwise) or any public emergency;

other performance standards relating to shared mobility services.

is to have effect subject to this Act and the Regulations; or

having regard to this Act and the Regulations, is not to have effect.

give notice of the issue, approval, amendment or revocation (as the case may be) of the standard of performance to every licensee or class licensee to whom the standard of performance applies;

specify in the notice mentioned in paragraph (a) the date of issue, approval, amendment or revocation, as the case may be; and

ensure that, so long as the standard of performance remains in force, copies of that standard of performance, and of all amendments to that standard of performance, are available for inspection, free of charge, by the licensees or class licensees to whom the standard of performance applies.

locating, distributing or collecting from public places of vehicles used by the licensee or class licensee to provide shared mobility services authorised by the licensee’s licence or class licence, as the case may be;

the safety or roadworthiness of the vehicles used in connection with the provision of shared mobility services authorised by the licensee’s licence or class licence, as the case may be; or

any matter affecting the interests of the public in connection with the shared mobility service provided by the licensee or class licensee.

may require the licensee or class licensee concerned (according to the circumstances of the case) to do, or to refrain from doing, for a specified period, things specified in the direction or things that are of a description specified in the direction, including (for a licensee) refusing to hire or further hire vehicles to any particular hirer;

takes effect at such time, being the earliest practicable time, as is determined by or under that direction; and

may be revoked at any time by the LTA.

must not have an expiry date that is longer than the prescribed period mentioned in section 23(4)(b); and

may only be given with respect to an individual who is convicted of, or has accepted a composition sum offered with respect to, any of the following offences committed or allegedly committed on or after the date of commencement of this section:

an offence under section 21 or 22 of the Active Mobility Act 2017;

an offence under section 5A of the Road Traffic Act;

an offence under the Parking Places Act or any rules made under that Act involving improper parking of vehicles hired from any licensee or class licensee.

the expiry date (if any) stated in the direction is reached;

the LTA revokes the direction.

stating that the LTA intends to give a direction to the licensee or class licensee under this section and the nature of the direction; and

specifying the time (being not less than 14 days after the date of service of the notice on the licensee or class licensee) within which written representations may be made to the LTA with respect to the proposed direction.

a safety directive is in force and the proposed direction is occasioned by the directive; or

the LTA, in respect of any particular direction, considers that it is not practicable or desirable to comply with subsection (5).

of death of, or a serious injury to, any individual from the provision of any shared mobility service; or

of serious damage to any property from the provision of any shared mobility service.

a licensee;

a class licensee;

a provider of a shared mobility service which is exempt under section 47.

served on each of the persons in the class in the manner prescribed in section 46; or

published both —

in a daily newspaper circulating in Singapore or in any other news media that, in the opinion of the LTA, will be most likely to bring the directive to the attention of the persons who belong to the class; and

on the LTA’s official website.

in accordance with subsection (2) takes effect when it is served;

in accordance with subsection (3)(a) takes effect when it is served on all the persons in the class in question; and

in accordance with subsection (3)(b) takes effect at the beginning of the day after the date on which subsection (3)(b) has been complied with.

a licensee or class licensee is contravening or not complying with, or has contravened or failed to comply with —

any of the conditions of its licence or, in the case of a class licensee, any condition of its class licence;

any provision of this Act or the Regulations applicable to the licensee or class licensee, contravention of or non‑compliance with which is not an offence under this Act;

any provision of a standard of performance applicable to the licensee or class licensee; or

any direction given to the licensee or class licensee under section 25 or subsection (2)(c), (e) or (g);

the licensee or class licensee has gone or is likely to go into compulsory or voluntary liquidation other than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction;

the licensee or class licensee has made any assignment to, or composition with, its creditors or if a corporation, is unable to pay its debts;

the licensee or class licensee is not providing an adequate and satisfactory shared mobility service;

the licensee or class licensee, or an officer of the licensee or class licensee, is convicted of any offence under —

this Act or the Regulations; or

section 23B, 28 or 58A of the Active Mobility Act 2017,committed during the term of the licence or class licence, as the case may be;

the licence had been obtained by the licensee by fraud or misrepresentation;

any part of the periodic licence fee required by section 12 is in arrears; or

the public interest of Singapore requires,the LTA may revoke (without any compensation) the licensee’s licence, with or without forfeiting the whole or part of any performance bond, guarantee or other form of security furnished by the licensee under this Act or disapply the class licence with respect to that class licensee.

censure the licensee or class licensee in writing;

modify any condition of the licence;

direct the licensee or class licensee —

to do, or to refrain from doing, such things as are specified in a direction to rectify any contravention or non‑compliance mentioned in subsection (1)(a); or

to remove, within a period specified in the direction, from all public places vehicles used by the licensee or former licensee or class licensee or former class licensee (as the case may be) in providing shared mobility services when the licence is not in force or the class licence is disapplied;

suspend the licence or the application of the class licence (as the case may be) for not more than 6 months;

direct the licensee or class licensee to pay, within a period specified in a direction, a financial penalty of such amount as the LTA thinks fit, but not exceeding the maximum specified in subsection (6);

direct the furnishing by the licensee of any performance bond, guarantee or other form of security, or an additional performance bond, guarantee or other form of security, for all or any of the following:

to secure compliance by the licensee with any condition attached to the licence;

to secure compliance by the licensee with any standard of performance applicable to the licensee;

for the purpose of meeting any financial penalty arising out of any regulatory action started or likely to start against the licensee;

to meet any cost or expense which the LTA may reasonably incur in moving and disposing of vehicles that were used by a former licensee in providing shared mobility services and are abandoned in public places;

order the reduction of the maximum or an increase of the minimum number, or both, of vehicles which the licensee, during the validity period of the licence or any part of that period —

may offer or expose undocked for hiring in or at a public place; or

may allow the hiring of which to end in or at a public place undocked,or both.