Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2004

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 15 Sep 2004

No. S 579

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2004

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34 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. 5) Rules 2004 and shall come into operation on 15th September 2004.

Amendment of rule 24

2. Rule 24 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the registered owner of a motor vehicle shall immediately inform the Registrar in writing of any circumstance or event which affects the accuracy of any entry in the register of motor vehicles kept by the Registrar under rule 12.”.

Deletion and substitution of rule 25

3. Rule 25 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Search fee

25. —(1) The Registrar may, upon an application by any person accompanied by the fees specified in this rule, provide a copy of or an extract of the entry in the register relating to any vehicle, subject to such conditions as the Registrar may impose.

(2) The fee payable for a copy of or an extract of the entry in the register relating to any one vehicle shall be $5.

(3) Where the copy or extract referred to in paragraph (2) is required to be certified as a true copy of the entry by the Registrar, a further fee of $5 shall be payable.

(4) Where any search of the register relating to any one vehicle is necessary, the Registrar may require the payment of a further fee not exceeding $20.

(5) The fee payable for a copy of or an extract of the entry in the register shall be at the rate of $2 for every 100 words or part thereof and, if the copy or extract is required to be certified as a true copy of the entry, a further fee of $5 shall be payable for the certificate.

(6) The Registrar may, in his discretion, refuse to provide any particulars in relation to an entry in the register relating to any vehicle to any person making an application under paragraph (1).

(7) The Registrar may waive in whole or in part any fee payable under this rule.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 535/99; S226/2000; S 246/2000; S 261/2000; S 310/2000; 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; S 253/2002; 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 609/2003; S 635/2003; S 83/2004; S 95/2004; S 313/2004; S 465/2004]

Made this 13th day of September 2004.

PETER ONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/KM/L017.00; LT.271.6.01.0.18; AG/LEG/SL/276/2002/6 Vol. 4]

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

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