s 19 Appointment and removal of chief executive officer, director, etc.
19.—(1) A bus operator holding a Class 1 bus service licence that is a company, limited liability partnership or other body corporate must not —(a) appoint or re-appoint an individual as its chief executive officer, or the chairperson of its board of directors or any of its directors; or (b) remove its chief executive officer or the chairperson of its board of directors or any of its directors, unless the licensee has obtained the prior written approval of the LTA. (1A) A person must not be appointed as a manager of, or become a partner in, a limited liability partnership that is a bus operator holding a Class 1 bus service licence, unless the licensee has obtained the prior written approval of the LTA.[Act 20 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025] (2) A person must not become a partner in a partnership that is a bus operator holding a Class 1 bus service licence unless the person has obtained the prior written approval of the LTA.[Act 20 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025] (2A) The LTA may —(a) grant an approval under this section subject to any conditions that the LTA considers appropriate to impose; and (b) at any time add to, vary or revoke any condition so imposed. [Act 20 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025] (3) Where a person —(a) is appointed or re-appointed by a bus operator holding a Class 1 bus service licence as its chief executive officer, its director or the chairperson of its board of directors, in contravention of subsection (1); (b) is removed as the chief executive officer or the chairperson of the board of directors or any of its directors, in contravention of subsection (1); or (c) is appointed a manager of or becomes a partner in a limited liability partnership in contravention of subsection (1A), or becomes a partner in a partnership in contravention of subsection (2),[Act 20 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025] the LTA may issue a direction to the licensee to do as follows (whichever is applicable), and the licensee must comply with that direction: (d) to remove that individual from the individual’s appointment as the chief executive officer or a director or the chairperson of the board of directors of the licensee; (e) to reinstate the individual as the chief executive officer or a director or the chairperson of the board of directors of the licensee; or (f) to remove that manager or partner.[Act 20 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025] [Act 20 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025] (4) This section has effect despite the provisions of any other written law and the provisions of the memorandum or articles of association, limited liability partnership, partnership contract or other constitution, of the bus operator holding the Class 1 bus service licence.[Act 20 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025] (5) Nothing in subsection (3) is to be taken as depriving a person who is removed under that subsection of compensation or damages payable to the person in respect of the termination of the person’s appointment as a chief executive officer, director or chairperson of the board of directors or the person’s removal as a manager or partner.[Act 20 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025] (6) This section does not apply to or in relation to any bus operator holding a Class 1 bus service licence that has been designated as a designated operating entity, starting on its effective designation date and while it remains so designated.[Act 20 of 2024 wef 01/04/2025]