Road Traffic (Renewal of Certificates of Entitlement for Fairway Taxis) Rules 2021

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 02 Mar 2021

No. S 138

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Renewal of Certificates of Entitlement
for Fairway Taxis) Rules 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10A(4) of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Road Traffic (Renewal of Certificates of Entitlement for Fairway Taxis) Rules 2021 and come into operation on 2 March 2021.

Renewal of certificates of entitlement for fairway taxis

2.—(1) The Registrar may renew the certificate of entitlement for any taxi registered in the name of SMRT Taxis Pte. Ltd. and bearing any of the vehicle registration numbers mentioned in paragraph (2) for a period of 2 years starting on the date of renewal if the following conditions are satisfied:

(a)	an additional quota premium is paid to the Registrar prior to the expiry of the term of the certificate of entitlement for the taxi;
(b)	the taxi is submitted for examination in accordance with the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Test) Rules (R 21) and a test certificate is issued in respect of the taxi under rule 10(1)(a) of those Rules.

(2) The vehicle registration numbers are as follows:

(a)	SHC4188E;
(b)	SHB103G;
(c)	SHB190D;
(d)	SHB98M;
(e)	SHB238B;
(f)	SHB919U;
(g)	SHB108T;
(h)	SHB123Z;
(i)	SHB17Y;
(j)	SHB12K;
(k)	SHB786K;
(l)	SHB1321L;
(m)	SHB882R;
(n)	SHB1077S;
(o)	SHB191B;
(p)	SHF419A;
(q)	SHF423L;
(r)	SHF426D;
(s)	SHF430R;
(t)	SHF420U;
(u)	SHF432K;
(v)	SHF428Z.

(3) The Registrar may renew a certificate of entitlement for a taxi mentioned in paragraph (1) only if the Registrar issues a licence under section 13 of the Act in respect of that taxi.

(4) A certificate of entitlement renewed under paragraph (1) cannot be further renewed on its expiry.

(5) In this rule —

“additional quota premium”, in relation to a taxi, means the difference between the following sums:

(a)	the quota premium paid under rule 14(1)(d) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) when the taxi was registered;
(b)	100% of the average of the quota premiums payable for certificates of entitlement in relation to the category of vehicles specified in rule 3(1)(a) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules issued during the 3 months immediately preceding the registration of the taxi;

“certificate of entitlement” and “quota premium” have the meanings given by rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules.

Made on 1 March 2021.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.271.49.02.0.2; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2020/31 Vol. 1]

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

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