Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) (Amendment) Rules 2006

No. S 124

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) (Amendment) Rules 2006

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10A(4) 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, Quota System) (Amendment) Rules 2006 and shall come into operation on 27th February 2006.

Amendment of rule 12

2. Rule 12(3) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by deleting the word “forthwith”.

Amendment of rule 16

3. Rule 16 (1) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the word “owner” in sub-paragraph (a) (i) (A) and substituting the words “registered owner”.

Amendment of rule 19

4. Rule 19 (2) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “Registrar”, the words “(which may be given subject to such conditions as the Registrar considers appropriate)”.

Amendment of rule 20

5. Rule 20 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(2) Upon the cancellation of a certificate of entitlement under paragraph (1), the Registrar shall issue to the holder of the certificate of entitlement a notice setting out the residual value, if any, of the certificate of entitlement.”.

Amendment of rule 21

6. Rule 21 (4) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “or to scrap or export the motor vehicle” in sub-paragraph (b) and substituting the words “, or scrap or export the motor vehicle, or take it permanently off the roads in a manner approved by the Registrar,”.

Amendment of rule 21A

7. Rule 21A (4) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (b) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(b)	to abandon the motor vehicle free of all expenses, or scrap or export the motor vehicle, or take it permanently off the roads in a manner approved by the Registrar, within 6 months of its recovery if the applicant does not wish to continue to keep or use the motor vehicle upon its recovery.”.

Amendment of rule 21B

8. Rule 21B (1) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “scrapped or exported” in sub-paragraph (b) (i) and (ii) and substituting in each case the words “scrapped, exported, or taken permanently off the roads in a manner approved by the Registrar”.

Amendment of rule 24

9. Rule 24 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “Every” in paragraph (3) and substituting the words “Subject to paragraph (3A), every”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3), the following paragraph:

“(3A) The Registrar may, in his discretion, extend the time for making an application under paragraph (3) after the expiration of the certificate of entitlement.”;

(c)

by deleting the words “but not exceeding one month from” in paragraph (5);

(d)

by deleting paragraph (9) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(9) Where payment or part payment of any fee or levy referred to in paragraph (3) or (7) is made in a form other than by cash, nothing in this rule shall require the Registrar to renew or restore a certificate of entitlement, as the case may be, until the payment has been honoured or otherwise effected.”; and

(e)

by deleting sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph (10) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:

“(b)	payment or part payment of any fee or levy referred to in paragraph (3) or (7) is made in a form other than by cash; and
(c)	the payment is subsequently dishonoured or otherwise not effected,”.

Amendment of rule 24A

10. Rule 24A of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (1A) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1A) Where payment or part payment of any fee or levy referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) is made in a form other than by cash, nothing in this rule shall require the Registrar to renew a certificate of entitlement until the payment has been honoured or otherwise effected.”; and

(b)

by deleting sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph (1B) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:

“(b)	payment or part payment of any fee or levy referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) is made in a form other than by cash; and
(c)	the payment is subsequently dishonoured or otherwise not effected,”.

New Part VII

11. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 28, the following Part:

“PART VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Amendment or withdrawal of application

29.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, the Registrar may —

(a)	upon being notified that any particular furnished in an application made under these Rules is incomplete or incorrect; or
(b)	upon receipt of a request to withdraw an application made under these Rules,

make any correction or amendment to the application or permit the withdrawal of the application, as the case may be, on payment of a fee of $20.

(2) The Registrar may, in his discretion, waive in whole or in part the fee.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 311/2000; S 431/2000; S 602/2000; S 8/2001; S 206/2001; S 290/2001; S 337/2001; S 361/2001; S 482/2001; S 48/2002; S 169/2002; S 383/2002; S 12/2003; S 426/2003; S 525/2003; S 464/2004; S 808/2004; S 272/2005]

Made this 22nd day of February 2006.

CHOI SHING KWOK

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/RTA/SL/RY/L17.007.000; AG/LEG/SL/276/2005/10 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).

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