Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) (Amendment) Rules 2024

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Dec 2024

No. S 1039

Road Traffic Act 1961

Road Traffic
(Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use)
(Amendment) Rules 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) (Amendment) Rules 2024 and come into operation on 1 January 2025.

Amendment of rule 2

2. In the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules (R 9), in rule 2(1) —

(a)

after the definition of “heavy goods vehicle”, insert —

“ “heavy motor car” has the meaning given by section 4(1)(d) of the Act;”; and

(b)

after the definition of “land tractor”, insert —

“ “motor car” has the meaning given by section 4(1)(e) of the Act;”.

New rule 32A

3. In the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules, after rule 32, insert —

“Type of engine for motor cars registered on or after 1 January 2025, etc.

32A.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), every motor car to be registered or re‑registered on or after 1 January 2025 must not be fitted with an internal combustion engine that uses diesel, or uses both diesel and natural gas, as its source or sources of power.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any motor car that is registered or re‑registered as —

(a)	a classic vehicle;
(b)	a normal vintage vehicle;
(c)	a restricted vintage vehicle; or
(d)	a revised use vintage vehicle.

(3) In this rule, “classic vehicle”, “normal vintage vehicle”, “restricted vintage vehicle” and “revised use vintage vehicle” have the meanings given by rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5).”.

[G.N. Nos. S 7/2001; S 431/2001; S 271/2002; S 771/2004; S 5/2005; S 127/2005; S 83/2006; S 401/2009; S 664/2010; S 1/2012; S 195/2014; S 101/2015; S 103/2015; S 637/2016; S 465/2017; S 56/2018; S 467/2019; S 207/2020; S 661/2020; S 141/2021; S 1050/2021; S 1044/2022]

Made on 28 November 2024.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

Chairperson,
Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

[LTA/L18.029.002/DH/NA/Sasi/MVCU.24.01; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2020/13]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961).

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