5. Rule 9A of the principal Rules is amended —(a) | by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraphs: “(1) It is a condition of every licence that the licensee must furnish to the Registrar, upon the Registrar’s request, a certificate of fitness —(a) | within any reasonable time that the Registrar may allow, if the licensee is 50 years of age or older but below 65 years of age and has not furnished a certificate of fitness to the Registrar within the 2 years preceding the date of the Registrar’s request; and | (b) | no later than the date before the licensee attains 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 or 74 years of age. |
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(1A) It is also a condition of every licence authorising the licensee to drive a Class 4 vehicle that if the licensee is required to furnish a certificate of fitness under paragraph (1)(b) no later than the date before the licensee attains 70, 71, 72, 73 or 74 years of age, the licensee must also furnish to the Registrar no later than that date, a document showing that the licensee has, within 2 months before attaining that age, passed the Proficiency Driving Test mentioned in rule 5(2)(c) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) Rules (R 27).”; and |
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| (b) | by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraphs: “(3) Subject to paragraph (4), a certificate of fitness for the purpose of this rule must —(a) | be in the form set out at the Authority’s Internet website at http://www.lta.gov.sg; and | (b) | be completed and signed —(i) | by the licensee; and | (ii) | by a medical practitioner certifying that the medical practitioner assessed the licensee to be physically and mentally fit to hold a licence to drive a vehicle or to be a conductor, on a date not earlier than —(A) | if the certificate of fitness is required under paragraph (1)(a) — 3 months before the date that it must be furnished; or | (B) | if the certificate of fitness is required under paragraph (1)(b) — 2 months before the date the licensee attains 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 or 74 years of age, as the case may be. |
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(4) If a licensee authorised to drive a Class 4 vehicle is required to furnish a certificate of fitness under this rule, the requirement is satisfied if the licensee furnishes a certification mentioned in rule 5(2)(b) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) Rules that is submitted in accordance with those Rules. |
(5) In the case where a licensee attains 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 or 74 years of age between 9 September 2020 and 6 October 2020 (both dates inclusive), this rule applies with the following modifications:(a) | the reference in paragraph (1)(b) to the date the licensee attains that age is to be read as a reference to the date 6 months after the licensee attains that age; | (b) | despite paragraph (1A), it is also a condition of every licence authorising the licensee to drive a Class 4 vehicle that if the licensee is required to furnish a certificate of fitness to the Registrar on a date no later than 6 months after the licensee attains 70, 71, 72, 73 or 74 years of age, the licensee must also furnish to the Registrar no later than that date, a document showing that the licensee has, within 2 months before and 6 months after the licensee attains that age, passed the Proficiency Driving Test mentioned in rule 5(2)(c) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) Rules; | (c) | despite paragraph (3)(b)(ii)(B), the certificate of fitness mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b) must be completed and signed by a medical practitioner certifying that the medical practitioner assessed the licensee to be physically and mentally fit to hold a licence to drive a vehicle or to be a conductor, on a date not earlier than 2 months before the certificate of fitness is furnished in accordance with sub‑paragraph (b).”. |
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