Singapore legislation
Regulation 17
of Shared Mobility Enterprises (Control and Licensing) Regulations 2020
Regulation 17
Period of refusal to hire
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of section 23(4)(a) of the Act, the maximum period for which a licensee is entitled to refuse to hire or further hire to any individual any vehicle used by the licensee to provide a shared mobility service is 12 months, starting the date that the same licensee or another licensee (each called a notifying licensee) gives notice to the individual that the notifying licensee has reasonable grounds to believe that the individual persistently improperly parks vehicles (whether or not hired from the same licensee) in public places.
Subregulation 2
Where a licensee is directed, or deemed under paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Act to be directed, by the LTA under section 25 of the Act, then for the purposes of section 23(4)(b) of the Act, the maximum period for which the licensee is entitled to refuse to hire or further hire to any individual any undocked vehicle used by the licensee to provide a shared mobility service is 12 months, starting the date that —
the individual is convicted (on or after 22 July 2020) of any relevant offence; or
the LTA collects from the individual an offer of composition made (on or after 22 July 2020) under any written law with respect to any relevant offence,whichever date is the earlier.
Subregulation 3
In paragraph (2), “relevant offence”, for an individual, means an offence involving a vehicle (whenever committed or allegedly committed) under —
section 21 or 22 of the Active Mobility Act 2017;
section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1961; or
the Parking Places Act 1974 or any rules made under that Act involving parking, or permitting to remain at rest without a rider, a vehicle undocked in a public place outside of an area that is —
demarcated (by a marking or traffic sign or other signboard) for parking of vehicles of the same type; and
provided by any licensee, the Government or a statutory body for the parking of vehicles of the same type.