Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2000

No. S 246

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34 and 140 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Communications and Information Technology 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. 2) Rules 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2000.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2(2) 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 the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (c), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(ca)

in the case of a vehicle which —

(i)	is first registered outside Singapore and is subsequently de-registered within a period of 3 working days thereafter (or such longer period as the Registrar may allow in any particular case);
(ii)	is registered under these Rules on or after 1st June 2000 pursuant to an application made within 3 months (or such longer period as the Registrar may allow in any particular case) after that de-registration outside Singapore; and
(iii)	has never been used anywhere before the date of its first registration in Singapore,

from the date of its first registration in Singapore; and”.

Amendment of rule 3

3. Rule 3 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (7), the following paragraph:

“(8) On receipt of an application under this rule, the Registrar may —

(a)	grant the application for registration; or
(b)	refuse to grant the application for registration.”.

Deletion and substitution of rule 4

4. Rule 4 of the principal Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Vehicle to be produced for inspection

4. The Registrar may, before registering any motor vehicle under these Rules, require the motor vehicle to be produced —

(a)	for his inspection; or
(b)	for an inspection by any examiner authorised by the Registrar under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Test) Rules (R 21).”.

Amendment of rule 7

5. Rule 7 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting paragraph (10) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(10) For the purposes of Part II of the First Schedule, a vehicle shall be deemed to be a secondhand vehicle if it has been registered or used in a country or place outside Singapore unless the vehicle —

(a)	was de-registered within a period of 3 working days (or such longer period as the Registrar may allow in any particular case) after its first registration in that country or place;
(b)	is registered under these Rules on or after 1st June 2000 pursuant to an application made within 3 months (or such longer period as the Registrar may allow in any particular case) after that de-registration outside Singapore; and
(c)	has never been used anywhere before the date of its first registration in Singapore.”.

Amendment of rule 8

6. Rule 8 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (3) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(b)	the old vehicle has not, at any time on or after 31st December 1975, been a secondhand vehicle within the meaning assigned under rule 7 (10);”; and

(b)

by deleting paragraph (14) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(14) For the purposes of this rule, “new vehicle” means —

(a)

a motor vehicle which —

(i)	is first registered in a country or place outside Singapore and is subsequently de-registered within a period of 3 working days (or such longer period as the Registrar may allow in any particular case) after that first registration;
(ii)	is registered under these Rules on or after 1st June 2000 pursuant to an application made within 3 months (or such longer period as the Registrar may allow in any particular case) after de-registration in that country or place; and
(iii)	has never been used anywhere before the date of its first registration in Singapore; or

(b)

any other motor vehicle which has not been registered elsewhere before its first registration in Singapore.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 535/99; S226/2000]

Made this 20th day of May 2000.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology,
Singapore.

[LTA/LG/43.16.04; AG/LEG/SL/276/97/13 Vol. 2]

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

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