2. In the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) (called in these Rules the principal Rules), in rule 9C —| (a) | in paragraph (2)(c), replace sub‑paragraphs (ia) and (ii) with —| “(ii) | is registered during the period from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2013 (both dates inclusive) and deregistered during the period from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2025 (both dates inclusive); or | | (iii) | complies with the Euro II standard, Euro III standard or Euro IV standard (but not any higher standard) and is deregistered during the period from 1 August 2017 to 31 March 2025 (both dates inclusive);”; |
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| | (b) | in paragraph (3), after sub‑paragraph (ba), insert —| “(bb) | where the replacement vehicle is a heavy vehicle and the replaced vehicle is a light vehicle, the replacement vehicle does not emit, as exhaust, any gaseous emission of carbon monoxide (called in this rule CO), hydrocarbon (called in this rule HC), oxide of nitrogen (called in this rule NOx), or particulate matter (called in this rule PM);”; and |
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| | (c) | replace paragraph (5) with —“(5) For the purpose of paragraph (4)(b), D is —| (a) | for a replaced vehicle that is a light vehicle — | (i) | if the replaced vehicle complies with the Euro II standard or Euro III standard (but not any higher standard) or is first registered during the period from 1 January 2001 and 30 September 2006 (both dates inclusive) — | (A) | if the replacement vehicle is a light vehicle — | (AA) | where the replacement vehicle is a Band A vehicle — 40%; | | (AB) | where the replacement vehicle is a Band B vehicle — 20%; and | | (AC) | where the replacement vehicle is an excluded goods vehicle — 20%; and |
| | (B) | if the replacement vehicle is a heavy vehicle and does not emit, as exhaust, any gaseous emission of CO, HC, NOx, or PM — 40%; and |
| | (ii) | for any other replaced vehicle —| (A) | if the replacement vehicle is a light vehicle — | (AA) | where the replacement vehicle is a Band A vehicle — 20%; | | (AB) | where the replacement vehicle is a Band B vehicle — 10%; and | | (AC) | where the replacement vehicle is an excluded goods vehicle — 10%; and |
| | (B) | if the replacement vehicle is a heavy vehicle and does not emit, as exhaust, any gaseous emission of CO, HC, NOx, or PM — 20%; or |
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| | (b) | for a replaced vehicle that is a heavy vehicle —| (i) | if the replaced vehicle complies with the Euro II standard or Euro III standard (but not any higher standard) or is first registered during the period from 1 January 2001 and 30 September 2006 (both dates inclusive) — | (A) | if the replacement vehicle is a light vehicle — | (AA) | where the replacement vehicle is a Band A vehicle — 90%; | | (AB) | where the replacement vehicle is a Band B vehicle — 60%; and | | (AC) | where the replacement vehicle is an excluded goods vehicle — 60%; and |
| | (B) | if the replacement vehicle is a heavy vehicle — | (BA) | where the replacement vehicle emits, as exhaust, any gaseous emission of CO, HC, NOx, or PM — 60%; and | | (BB) | where the replacement vehicle does not emit, as exhaust, any gaseous emission of CO, HC, NOx, or PM — 90%; and |
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| | (ii) | for any other replaced vehicle — | (A) | if the replacement vehicle is a light vehicle — | (AA) | where the replacement vehicle is a Band A vehicle — 70%; | | (AB) | where the replacement vehicle is a Band B vehicle — 25%; and | | (AC) | where the replacement vehicle is an excluded goods vehicle — 25%; and |
| | (B) | if the replacement vehicle is a heavy vehicle — | (BA) | where the replacement vehicle emits, as exhaust, any gaseous emission of CO, HC, NOx, or PM — 25%; and | | (BB) | where the replacement vehicle does not emit, as exhaust, any gaseous emission of CO, HC, NOx, or PM — 70%. |
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(6) In this rule —“Band A vehicle” means a vehicle that emits, as exhaust, the following gaseous emissions:| (a) | not more than 123 g/km of carbon dioxide (called in this rule CO2); | | (b) | no amount of CO, HC, NOx and PM; |
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“Band B vehicle” means a vehicle that emits, as exhaust, the following gaseous emissions: | (a) | either —| (i) | more than 123 g/km of CO2; or | | (ii) | more than zero g/km of CO, HC, NOx or PM; |
| | (b) | not more than 216 g/km of CO2, 0.27 g/km of CO, 0.025 g/km of HC, 0.015 g/km of NOx and 0.85 g/km of PM; |
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| “excluded goods vehicle” means a vehicle specified in the Fourth Schedule to the Road Traffic (Vehicular Emissions Tax) Rules 2017 (G.N. No. S 776/2017); |
| “heavy vehicle” means a vehicle with a maximum laden weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms; |
| “light vehicle” means a vehicle with a maximum laden weight not exceeding 3,500 kilograms.”. |
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