No. S 290
Road Traffic Act
(Chapter 276)
Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2001
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10A(4) of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Communications and Information Technology hereby makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2001.
Amendment of rule 2
2.  Rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by inserting, immediately after the definitions of “application” and “applicant”, the following definition:
“ “authentication code” means a numeric or alphanumeric security code issued electronically by the Registrar upon the lodgment of any application made under rule 7 or 9A;”.
Amendment of rule 7
3.  Rule 7 of the principal Rules is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “equal to such part of the proposal” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “of such an”; and
(b)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:
(2A)  Every application shall state the proposal amount, not being less than $1, offered by the applicant.”.
[New rule 9A]
4.  The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 9, the following rule:
Application to increase proposal amount
9A.—(1)  Any person who has made an application for a certificate of entitlement during any period specified in the public notice as an open bidding period may apply to increase the proposal amount at any time before the end of such period.
(2)  An application to increase the proposal amount (referred to in this rule as the relevant application) shall be made in such manner as the Registrar may determine.
(3)  The Registrar may, in his discretion —
(a)impose a fee, of such an amount as he may determine, for a relevant application; and
(b)deduct the fee for a relevant application from the deposit paid by the applicant under rule 7(2).
(4)  A relevant application made in respect of any application for a certificate of entitlement shall be treated as valid if it has been authenticated with an authentication code issued to the applicant, or with a personal identification number issued by the bank with which the relevant application is lodged, or with both, as the Registrar may require.
(5)  The Registrar may reject any relevant application without assigning any reason.”.
Amendment of rule 14
5.  Rule 14 of the principal Rules is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “during any quota period” in the 2nd line of paragraph (1);
(b)by inserting, immediately after the words “category of vehicle” in the 3rd line of paragraph (1), the words “during any quota period specified in the public notice as a closed bidding period”; and
(c)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (1), the following paragraph:
(1A)  The quota premium payable for a certificate of entitlement that is issued for a motor vehicle in any category of vehicle during any quota period specified in the public notice as an open bidding period shall be —
(a)the lower of either —
(i)the amount equal to the sum of $1 and the highest unsuccessful proposal amount expressed in the applications for certificates of entitlement lodged during the open bidding period in relation to that category of vehicle; or
(ii)the amount equal to the lowest proposal amount expressed in the successful application for certificates of entitlement issued during the open bidding period in relation to that category of vehicle;
(b)one-third of the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) if the motor vehicle is a motor cycle and the certificate of entitlement is for a motor vehicle within the open category; or
(c)70% of the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) if the motor vehicle is —
(i)a taxi; or
(ii)a private hire car, registered using a certificate of entitlement issued before 1st April 1998.”.
Deletion and substitution of rule 18
6.  Rule 18 of the principal Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:
Grace period to register vehicle
18.—(1)  Every holder of a certificate of entitlement issued in respect of a motor vehicle shall register the motor vehicle before or on such date as the Registrar may specify in the notification under rule 12(2), or within such further period as the Registrar may approve.
(2)  Where no vehicle is registered within the period referred to in paragraph (1), the certificate of entitlement shall be void and any deposit paid in respect of the certificate of entitlement under rule 7(2) shall be forfeited.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 311/2000; S 431/2000; S 602/2000; S 620/2000; S8/2001; S 206/2001]

Made this 24th day of May 2001.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Communications
and Information Technology,
Singapore.
[LTA/EK/43.16.04; AG/LEG/SL/276/97/13 Vol. 3]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).