Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276, Section 10A(4))

R 31

REVISED EDITION 1990

(25th March 1992)

[2nd April 1990]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules.

Definitions

2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —

“application” means a bid for a certificate of entitlement and

“applicant” means a person making such a bid;

“business service passenger vehicle” means a motor car registered in the name of —

(a)	a company and is used for the owner’s business; or
(b)	an individual and is used for the purpose of any trade, business, profession or vocation,

but does not include a private hire car or a motor car used —

(i)	for the carriage of goods other than samples;
(ii)	for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward; or
(iii)	for instructional purposes for reward ;

“certificate of entitlement” means a permit issued by the Registrar under section 10A(1) of the Act and includes a permit which is by virtue of these Rules deemed to have been so issued;

“company” includes a statutory board, a Government department or Ministry, a firm, society, association or club;

“goods vehicles” means a heavy goods vehicle, a light goods vehicle or a vehicle constructed for use in the recovery and assistance of broken-down vehicles;

“heavy goods vehicle” means a goods vehicle the maximum laden weight of which exceeds 3.0 metric tons;

“light goods vehicle” means a goods vehicle the maximum laden weight of which does not exceed 3.0 metric tons;

“non-transferable certificate of entitlement” means a certificate of entitlement which shall not be transferable at any time before the certificate of entitlement is used to register a motor vehicle by virtue of rule 19(4);

“proposal amount” means the amount of an applicant offers to obtain a certificate of entitlement;

“public notice” means public notice referred to in rule 6;

“quota period” means the period referred to in any notification made under section 10A(3) of the Act;

“quota premium” means the levy payable under section 10A(2) of the Act for a certificate of entitlement.

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