No. S 140
Road Traffic Act
(CHAPTER 276)
Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles,
Registration and Licensing)
(Amendment) Rules 2019
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Rules are the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Rules 2019 and come into operation on 19 March 2019.
Amendment of rule 3D
2.  Rule 3D(7A) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) is amended —
(a)by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub‑paragraph (e); and
(b)by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (f) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraphs:
(g)the Registrar is satisfied that not all the motor vehicles in the batch or model of vehicles have the same technical specifications;
(h)the approval is being or has been procured by fraud or misrepresentation; or
(i)the motor vehicle is not inspected by the person to whom the Registrar requires it to be produced for an inspection under rule 4.”.
Amendment of rule 4
3.  Rule 4 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules is amended —
(a)by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a);
(b)by deleting the full‑stop at the end of paragraph (b) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:
(c)for an inspection by a person approved by the Registrar to be a third‑party inspector.”; and
(c)by renumbering the rule as paragraph (1) of that rule, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:
(2)  In approving a person to be a third‑party inspector under paragraph (1)(c), the Registrar must consider whether the person is sufficiently qualified, experienced, and equipped to determine, by inspecting a motor vehicle, if the motor vehicle complies with the relevant Rules as defined in rule 3D(8).”.
[G.N. Nos. S 678/2014; S 810/2014; S 359/2015; S 366/2015; S 650/2015; S 272/2016; S 46/2017; S 60/2017; S 327/2017; S 335/2017; S 550/2017; S 696/2017; S 777/2017; S 330/2018; S 424/2018; S 764/2018; S 879/2018]
Made on 11 March 2019.
LOH NGAI SENG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.
[LTA/L18.029.002/AP/DT/MVRL/18.02; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/6 Vol. 6]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).