The Cabinet has approved a draft regulation, proposed by the Transport Ministry, to allow people to register their personal cars for commercial use.
Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob explained that only cars with maximum capacity of seven people would be eligible for registration. The Department of Land Transport plans to spend about a month drafting an announcement governing how the new regulation is to be implemented, then hold a public hearing on the issue and, ultimately, have the regulation published in the Royal Gazette.
He said, following publication, companies owning taxi-hailing apps are permitted to apply for licenses to…
