Public Transport Council (Street-hail Fare Pricing Policy) Order 2020

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires —

Where a taxi is engaged at a public taxi stand or plying on any road or any driveway for picking up or setting down passengers, a hiring of the taxi begins, for the purposes of this Order, upon the entry into the taxi of the hirer, or a person accompanying the hirer.

This Order sets out the fare pricing policy for all street‑hail services offered or provided to the public anywhere in Singapore for any journey wholly or partly within Singapore, but not for street‑hail services provided by any person specified in the Public Transport Council (Exempt Street‑hail Service Providers) Order 2020 (G.N. No. S 914/2020).

An amount specified in this Order is the price or rate prevailing as at 30 October 2020 for the street‑hail fare component concerned.

Subject to sub‑paragraph (3), a common pricing scheme may vary any of the following, by substituting —

The following variations must be the same for all standard taxis and premium taxis regardless of their owner:

Subject to sub‑paragraph (4), any street‑hail industry participant providing street‑hail services may vary —

Any amount that is in substitution of the amount in the distance rate specified in paragraph 6(c)(i) or (d)(i) or the amount for any waiting time specified in paragraph 6(c)(ii) or (d)(ii) must be —

The peak period surcharge payable for a journey by taxi is 25% of so much of the total basic fare displayed on the taximeter that is attributable to the part of the journey during any peak period, or as varied under paragraph 14.

The peak period surcharge is payable in addition to the total basic fare displayed on the taximeter for a journey and any other surcharge under Part 5 or 6.

The late night hiring surcharge payable for a journey by taxi any part of which is during the late night hiring period is 50% of so much of the total basic fare displayed on the taximeter that is attributable to the part of the journey during the late night hiring period, or as varied under paragraph 14.

The late night hiring surcharge is payable in addition to the total basic fare displayed on the taximeter for a journey and any other surcharge under Part 5 or 6.

Subject to sub‑paragraph (2), a common pricing scheme may vary —

Any period that is in substitution of any period specified in paragraph 9 or 11 must be the same for all standard taxis and premium taxis regardless of their owner.

Subject to sub‑paragraph (2), a common pricing scheme may vary the peak period surcharge or late night hiring surcharge by substituting the percentage of a journey’s total basic fare specified in paragraph 10(1) or 12(1) (as the case may be) with —

An amount or a percentage that is in substitution of the peak period surcharge or late night hiring surcharge specified in paragraph 10(1) or 12(1) (as the case may be) must be the same for all standard taxis and premium taxis regardless of their owner.

A City Area surcharge is payable for every journey by taxi the hiring of which begins —

The City Area surcharge payable for a journey described in sub‑paragraph (1) is $3 or as varied by a common pricing scheme under paragraph 17.

Subject to sub‑paragraph (2), a common pricing scheme may vary —

Any area, period or amount that is in substitution of the area, period or amount specified in paragraph 16 must be the same for all standard taxis and premium taxis regardless of their owner.

A location surcharge of the amount prescribed in this paragraph may be payable for every journey by taxi —

Subject to paragraph 19, the location surcharge payable for every journey the hiring of which begins within the boundaries of the Changi Airport (if charged) is —

Subject to paragraph 19, the location surcharge payable for every journey the hiring of which begins at the Marina Bay Cruise Centre at 61 Marina Coastal Drive (if charged) is —

Subject to paragraph 19, a location surcharge of $3 is (if charged) payable for every journey, the hiring of which begins at any of the following places, at any time on any day:

Subject to paragraph 19, a location surcharge of $2 is payable (if charged) for every journey the hiring of which begins at a public taxi stand at the Singapore Expo Centre at 1 Expo Drive at any time on any day.

Subject to paragraph 19, the location surcharge (where charged) is $3 for every journey by taxi described in sub‑paragraph (1)(b).

The location surcharge that is payable for every journey the hiring of which ends, on any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, at the Fuji Xerox Towers at 80 Anson Road, is (if charged) an amount that is equal to the road‑user charge that would have been payable if the taxi had been driven through the gantry —

Subject to paragraph 19, a location surcharge of $5 is (if charged) payable for every journey, the hiring of which begins on any day at a public taxi stand at Mandai Wildlife Reserve, within the period starting at 1 p.m. and ending before midnight the same day.

Subject to sub‑paragraph (3), where a location surcharge specified in paragraph 18 is charged by a street‑hail industry participant providing a street‑hail service in respect of any location surcharge destination specified in paragraph 18, that street‑hail industry participant may vary —

Subject to sub‑paragraph (3), a street‑hail industry participant providing a street‑hail service may charge a location surcharge for every journey by taxi using its street‑hail service, the hiring of which begins or ends (but not both) at a public place not specified in paragraph 18, if the owner of the public place consents to —

Any —

To avoid doubt, the consent of an owner of a location surcharge destination is not required before a street‑hail industry participant providing a street‑hail service stops charging a location surcharge in respect of that location surcharge destination.

In addition to the total basic fare payable for a journey by taxi and any other surcharge under Part 4 or 5, an extra passenger surcharge calculated according to sub‑paragraph (2) may be payable where more than 4 passengers are carried on the journey by taxi.

The extra passenger surcharge is —

For the purposes of sub‑paragraph (1) —

Subject to sub‑paragraph (2), the amount or rate of an extra passenger surcharge, where charged by a street‑hail industry participant for a street‑hail service it provides, may be varied by the street‑hail industry participant by substituting another amount or another rate for that street‑hail service.

Any variation as described in sub‑paragraph (1) —

Despite paragraph 24, every taxi fare for a taxi service that was lodged with the Council under paragraph 4 of the revoked Order by —

Despite paragraph 24, every taxi fare for a taxi service that was last published in accordance with paragraph 5 of the revoked Order by —