No. S 313
Road Traffic Act
(Chapter 276)
Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2004
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34 and 140 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport hereby makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2004 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2004.
Amendment of rule 8
2.  Rule 8(6) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (ba), the following sub-paragraph:
(bb)as calculated in accordance with Parts VIIA and IX of the First Schedule where the old vehicle is a vehicle registered on or after 1st June 2004 and which was granted a rebate under rule 9A or 9B when it was registered, except that the rebate calculated under this sub-paragraph shall not exceed the fee paid under rule 7 when the vehicle was registered;”; and
(b)by deleting the words “has been granted a rebate under rule 9B” in sub-paragraph (c) and substituting the words “which was granted a rebate under rule 9B when it was registered”.
Amendment of rule 9B
3.  Rule 9B of the principal Rules is amended —
(a)by deleting paragraphs (1) and (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:
(1)  Any person who, on or after 1st October 2001, desires to register a new vehicle which is an environmentally-friendly motor vehicle may apply to the Registrar for a rebate on the fees payable under rules 6 and 7, in respect of the new vehicle at the time of its first registration.
(2)  The Registrar may grant an application made under paragraph (1) if he is satisfied that the new vehicle in respect of which the application is made —
(a)is a vehicle which has a less detrimental effect on the environment than motor vehicles fuelled exclusively by petrol or diesel and which uses as its source of power —
(i)any fuel occurring in gaseous form under room temperature and pressure;
(ii)natural gas; or
(iii)any other fuel or substance; or
(b)is a vehicle for which the standard for exhaust emission complies with the specifications set out in Directive No. 98/69/EC of the Council of European Communities for the year 2005 and which uses diesel as its source of power.”; and
(b)by deleting paragraph (5) and substituting the following paragraph:
(5)  The rebate which the Registrar may grant upon an application made under paragraph (1) shall, subject to paragraph (6), be —
(a)subject to sub-paragraphs (b) to (e), in the case of a motor car or taxi which is a new vehicle, an amount equal to 20% of the value of the motor car or taxi;
(b)in the case of a taxi which is a new vehicle referred to in paragraph (2)(a)(ii) and registered on or after 1st June 2004 but before 1st January 2006, an amount equal to 100% of the value of the taxi;
(c)in the case of a taxi which is a new vehicle referred to in paragraph (2)(a)(ii) and registered on or after 1st January 2006 but before 1st October 2006, an amount equal to 80% of the value of the taxi;
(d)in the case of a taxi which is a new vehicle referred to in paragraph (2)(b) and registered on or after 1st June 2004 but before 1st January 2006, an amount equal to 100% of the value of the taxi;
(e)in the case of a taxi which is a new vehicle referred to in paragraph (2)(b) and registered on or after 1st January 2006 but before 1st October 2006, an amount equal to 80% of the value of the taxi;
(f)subject to sub-paragraph (g), in the case of a bus which is a new vehicle, an amount equal to 5% of the value of the bus; and
(g)in the case of a bus, light goods vehicle or heavy goods vehicle not being a goods-cum-passengers vehicle which is a new vehicle referred to in paragraph (2)(a)(ii) or (b) and registered on or after 1st June 2004 but before 1st October 2006, an amount equal to 5% of the value of the new vehicle,
as determined by the Registrar under rule 7 (3) at the date of its first registration.”.
Amendment of rule 36C
4.  Rule 36C of the principal Rules is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the words “in his discretion,”, the words “subject to paragraph (2),”; and
(b)by renumbering the rule as paragraph (1) of that rule, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:
(2)  The rebates in paragraph (1) shall not be granted to —
(a)any light goods vehicle or heavy goods vehicle which is a new vehicle referred to in rule 9B (2)(a)(ii); or
(b)any new vehicle referred to in rule 9B (2)(b).”.
[G.N. Nos. S 535/99; S 226/2000; S 246/2000; S 261/2000; S310/2000; S 320/2000; S 430/2000; S 460/2000; S 600/2000; S 6/2001; S 336/2001; S 432/2001; S 605/2001; S 686/2001; S 204/2002; S253/2002; S 321/2002; S 425/2002; S 11/2003; S 72/2003; S 86/2003; S 90/2003; S 382/2003; S 427/2003; S 526/2003; S 609/203; S635/2003; S 83/2004; S 95/2004]

Made this 31st day of May 2004.

PETER ONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.
[LTA/KM/L017.00; AG/LEG/SL/276/2002/6 Vol.4]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).