Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Rules 2003

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 03 Jan 2003

No. S 11

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Rules 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34 and 140 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) Rules 2003 and shall come into operation on 3rd January 2003.

Amendment of rule 26

2. Rule 26 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by deleting paragraph (8) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(8) Subject to rule 29, no motor vehicle which has been first registered as —

(a)	a private motor car;
(b)	a business service passenger vehicle;
(c)	a private hire car; or
(d)	a taxi,

using a certificate of entitlement issued on or after 1st April 1995 under rule 3 (1)(a) or (b) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) shall be transferred to another person unless —

(i)	a period of 3 months has elapsed from the date of its first registration; or
(ii)	the transfer, if made within a period of 3 months from the date of the first registration of the vehicle, is approved by the Registrar.”.

Amendment of rule 29

3. Rule 29 (5) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “Notwithstanding paragraph (1)” in the 1st line, the words “and rule 31 (2)” .

Amendment of rule 31

4. Rule 31 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(2) Where 2 or more transfers are made in respect of the same motor vehicle on the same day —

(a)	no additional transfer fee shall be payable under paragraph (1) in respect of any subsequent transfer on the same day where such fee has been paid under that paragraph in respect of at least one transfer on that day; and
(b)	no additional transfer fee shall be payable under paragraph (4) in respect of any subsequent transfer on the same day where such fee has been paid under that paragraph in respect of at least one transfer on that day.”; and

(b)

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

“(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where a motor vehicle which has been first registered as a private motor car, a business service passenger vehicle, a private hire car or a taxi using a certificate of entitlement issued on or after 1st April 1995 under rule 3 (1)(a) or (b) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) is transferred within a period of 6 months from the date of its first registration, there shall be payable, in respect of at least one transfer during that period, a fee equivalent to any positive difference derived by deducting —

(a)	the quota premium paid for the certificate of entitlement for the vehicle; from
(b)	the quota premium as determined by the Registrar to be payable at the time of the transfer for a certificate of entitlement for a motor vehicle of the appropriate cylinder capacity.

(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Registrar may, in his discretion and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, waive any fee payable under paragraph (1) or (4) or both.”.

[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]

Made this 27th day of December 2002.

PETER ONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/LEG/EK/L17.017.001; AG/LEG/SL/276/2002/6 Vol. 2]

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

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