Singapore legislation

Regulation 5

of Public Transport Council (Street-hail Common Pricing Schemes) Regulations 2020

Regulation 5

Counting persons who operate a taxi

For the purposes of reckoning the number of taxis that a street‑hail industry participant operates —

(a)

a street-hail industry participant who is an individual holding a valid licence under Part V of the Road Traffic Act authorising the individual to drive, for hire or reward, a taxi not owned by a street‑hail service licensee is to be treated as operating that single taxi; and

(b)

a street-hail industry participant which is a taxi service operator is to be treated as operating the total number of taxis that the taxi service operator owns and causes or permits individuals to drive the taxis are for hire for journeys within, or partly within, Singapore.