Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2014

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 11 Mar 2014

No. S 172

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Motor Vehicles, Quota System)
(Amendment No. 2) Rules 2014

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.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2014 and shall, with the exception of rules 2 and 3(d), come into operation on 12th March 2014.

(2) Rules 2 and 3(d) shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st January 2014.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “Euro IV standard” and substituting the following definition:

“ “Euro IV standard” means —

(a)	in relation to a motor vehicle referred to in rule 9C(3)(b)(ii) with gross vehicle weight not exceeding 3.5 tons, a standard for exhaust emission which complies with the standard specified in row B of the table referred to in paragraph 13 of the Annex to Directive 98/69/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union;
(b)	in relation to a motor vehicle referred to in rule 9C(3)(b)(ii) which is a CNG vehicle, with gross vehicle weight exceeding 3.5 tons, a standard for exhaust emission which complies with the standard specified in row B1 of Table 2 contained in the Annex to Directive 1999/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union; or
(c)	in relation to a motor vehicle referred to in rule 9C(3)(b)(ii) which is a petrol-electric vehicle or a vehicle which uses petrol exclusively as its source of power, with gross vehicle weight exceeding 3.5 tons, a standard for exhaust emission which complies with the standard specified in row B of the table referred to in paragraph 13 of the Annex to Directive 98/69/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union;”;

(b)

by deleting the definition of “Euro V standard” and substituting the following definition:

“ “Euro V standard” means —

(a)	in relation to a motor vehicle referred to in rule 9C(3)(b)(i) with gross vehicle weight not exceeding 3.5 tons, a standard for exhaust emission which complies with the standard specified in Table 1 of Annex 1 of Regulation (EC) No. 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union; or
(b)	in relation to a motor vehicle referred to in rule 9C(3)(b)(i) with gross vehicle weight exceeding 3.5 tons, a standard for exhaust emission which complies with the standard specified in row B2 of Table 1 and row B2 of Table 2 contained in Annex I to Directive 2005/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union;”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “heavy goods vehicle”, the following definitions:

“ “JPN 2005 standard”, in relation to any vehicle, means a standard for exhaust emission which complies with paragraphs 102 and 121 of Article 28 of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Announcement No. 1318 dated 26th September 2003 (ANNOUNCEMENT STIPULATING ITEMS NECESSARY FOR ARRANGING RELATIONSHIP OF APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF CHAPTERS 2 AND 3 OF SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR ROAD VEHICLES), as amended by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Announcement No. 69 dated 25th January 2013;

“JPN 2009 standard”, in relation to any vehicle, means a standard for exhaust emission which complies with the standard specified in Article 41 of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Announcement No. 619 dated 15th July 2002 (Announcement That Prescribes Details of Safety Regulations for Road Vehicles), as amended by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Announcement No. 68 dated 25th January 2013;”.

Amendment of rule 9C

3. Rule 9C of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “24th April 2015” in paragraph (2)(c) and substituting the words “1st May 2016”;

(b)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (2)(d);

(c)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (2) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(f)	the replaced vehicle is destroyed or removed from Singapore before the date of registration of the replacement vehicle.”;

(d)

by deleting sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (3) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(b)

the replacement vehicle —

(i)	if it is registered as a diesel-CNG vehicle, a diesel-electric vehicle or a vehicle which uses diesel exclusively as its source of power, complies with the Euro V standard or the JPN 2009 standard; or
(ii)	if it is registered as a CNG vehicle, a petrol‑CNG vehicle, a petrol-electric vehicle or a vehicle which uses petrol exclusively as its source of power, complies with the Euro IV standard or the JPN 2005 standard;”; and

(e)

by deleting paragraph (4) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(4) Any application under this rule for a certificate of entitlement for a replacement vehicle must be accompanied by an amount of quota premium equal to the higher of the following amounts:

(a)

10% of the average of the quota premiums payable for certificates of entitlement issued during the 3 months immediately preceding the date of registration of the replacement vehicle for the category of vehicles specified in rule 3(1)(c);

(b)

an amount determined in accordance with the following formula:

where A

is the period reckoned in months (including any part of a month) for which the certificate of entitlement of the replaced vehicle would be in force if it was not cancelled;

is the period reckoned in months (including any part of a month) commencing from the date the certificate of entitlement was issued for the replaced vehicle and ending on the date of its cancellation;

is the period reckoned in months (including any part of a month) commencing from the date of the first registration in Singapore of the replaced vehicle if the replaced vehicle had not been registered outside Singapore, or the date of the first registration of the replaced vehicle in a country or place outside Singapore, and ending on the date of its de‑registration in Singapore, but not exceeding 240 months;

is —

(i)	where the replaced vehicle is de‑registered before 12th March 2014, 10% if the maximum laden weight of the replaced vehicle does not exceed 3.5 metric tons, or 30% if the maximum laden weight of the replaced vehicle exceeds 3.5 metric tons; and

(ii)	where the replaced vehicle is de‑registered on or after 12th March 2014, 20% if the maximum laden weight of the replaced vehicle does not exceed 3.5 metric tons, or 100% if the maximum laden weight of the replaced vehicle exceeds 3.5 metric tons;

is the average of the quota premiums payable for certificates of entitlement issued during the 3 months immediately preceding the date of registration of the replacement vehicle for the category of vehicles specified in rule 3(1)(c).

”

Amendment of rule 20

4. Rule 20(14A) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “in accordance with the formula under rule 9C(4)” in the definition of “P” and substituting the words “in accordance with rule 9C(4)”.

[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; S 124/2006; S 475/2006; S 137/2008; S 290/2008; S 430/2008; S 357/2010; S 366/2010; S 378/2012; S 435/2012; S 652/2012; S 129/2013; S 142/2013; S 258/2013; S 800/2013; S 48/2014]

Made this 10th day of March 2014.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/RTA/ZI/MR/RT/MVQS_Amend/Rules2013; AG/LLRD/SL/276/2010/18 Vol. 3]

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

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