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No. S 258

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Motor Vehicles, Quota System)
(Amendment No. 3) Rules 2013

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10A(4) 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, Quota System) (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2013 and shall come into operation on 24th April 2013.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “classic vehicle”, the following definition:

“ “CNG vehicle” means a vehicle which uses natural gas exclusively as its source of power;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “company”, the following definition:

“ “diesel‑CNG vehicle” means a vehicle which uses either or both natural gas and diesel as its source of power;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “diesel‑electric car”, the following definition:

“ “diesel‑electric vehicle” means a vehicle, other than a motor car, which uses either or both diesel and electricity as its source of power;”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “electric car”, the following definitions:

“ “Euro IV standard” has the same meaning as in rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5);

“Euro V standard” has the same meaning as in rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules;”; and

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “original vehicle”, the following definition:

“ “petrol‑CNG vehicle” means a vehicle which uses either natural gas or petrol as its source of power;”.

Amendment of rule 6

3. Rule 6 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “taxis”, the words “and any replacement vehicle referred to in rule 9C”.

New rule 9C

4. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 9B, the following rule:

“Application for certificates of entitlement for certain commercial vehicles

9C.—(1) Where any vehicle which falls within the category of vehicles referred to in rule 3(1)(c) and which complies with the requirements set out in paragraph (2) (referred to in this rule as the replaced vehicle) is to be replaced with any other vehicle which falls within the same category of vehicles and which complies with the requirements set out in paragraph (3) (referred to in this rule as the replacement vehicle), every application for a certificate of entitlement for the purpose of registering the replacement vehicle must be made in accordance with this rule.

(2) The requirements in relation to a replaced vehicle referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:

(a)	the replaced vehicle is not a vehicle to which the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) Order (O 5) applies;
(b)	the replaced vehicle is registered before 1st January 2001 as a diesel‑CNG vehicle, a diesel‑electric vehicle, or a vehicle which uses diesel exclusively as its source of power, and which vehicle continues to be so registered immediately prior to its de‑registration;
(c)	the replaced vehicle is de‑registered on or after 24th April 2013 but before 24th April 2015;
(d)	at the time immediately prior to the de‑registration of the replaced vehicle, the registration of the replaced vehicle is not temporarily transferred under rule 25(4) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5); and
(e)	on the date of the de‑registration of the replaced vehicle, either the replaced vehicle is less than 20 years old or the certificate of entitlement in respect of the replaced vehicle has not been cancelled or has not expired.

(3) The requirements in relation to a replacement vehicle referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:

(a)

the replacement vehicle is not a vehicle to which the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) Order applies;

(b)

the replacement vehicle —

(i)	if it is registered as a diesel‑CNG vehicle, a diesel‑electric vehicle or a vehicle which uses diesel exclusively as its source of power, complies with the Euro V standard or any other equivalent or higher standard of exhaust emission as approved by the National Environment Agency established under the National Environment Agency Act (Cap. 195); or
(ii)	if it is registered as a CNG vehicle, a petrol‑CNG vehicle, a petrol‑electric vehicle or a vehicle which uses petrol exclusively as its source of power, complies with the Euro IV standard or any other equivalent or higher standard of exhaust emission as approved by the National Environment Agency established under the National Environment Agency Act;

(c)

the applicant for the certificate of entitlement in respect of the replacement vehicle and the registered owner of the replaced vehicle are the same, unless the Registrar otherwise allows; and

(d)

the replacement vehicle is registered no later than one month after the de‑registration of the replaced vehicle, or such other period as the Registrar may approve in any particular case.

(4) Any application under this rule for a certificate of entitlement for a replacement vehicle must be accompanied by such amount of quota premium (being not less than $0) as determined in accordance with the following formula:

where A

is the period reckoned in months (including any part of a month) for which the certificate of entitlement of the replaced vehicle would be in force if it was not cancelled;

is the period reckoned in months (including any part of a month) commencing from the date the certificate of entitlement was issued to the replaced vehicle and ending on the date of its cancellation;

is the period reckoned in months (including any part of a month) commencing from the date of the first registration in Singapore of the replaced vehicle if the replaced vehicle had not been registered outside Singapore, or the date of the first registration of the replaced vehicle in a country or place outside Singapore, and ending on the date of its de‑registration in Singapore, but not exceeding 240 months;

is 10% if the maximum laden weight of the replaced vehicle does not exceed 3.5 metric tons, or 30% if the maximum laden weight of the replaced vehicle exceeds 3.5 metric tons;

is the average of the quota premiums payable for certificates of entitlement in relation to the category of vehicles specified in rule 3(1)(c) issued during the 3 months immediately preceding the registration of the replacement vehicle.

”.

Amendment of rule 20

5. Rule 20 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “and (14)” in paragraph (6) and substituting the words “, (14) and (14A)”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “quota premium” in paragraph (6), the words “or levy”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the word “months” wherever it appears in paragraphs (6) and (13), the words “(including any part of a month)”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (14), the following paragraph:

“(14A) Where a certificate of entitlement is issued on or after 24th April 2013 in respect of a replacement vehicle referred to in rule 9C and the certificate of entitlement is subsequently cancelled under paragraph (1) before its expiration, the residual value of the cancelled certificate of entitlement shall be an amount determined in accordance with the following formula:

where P

is the quota premium paid for the certificate of entitlement of the replacement vehicle as determined in accordance with the formula under rule 9C(4);

is the residual value of the certificate of entitlement of the replaced vehicle as determined in accordance with the formula under paragraph (6);

is the period reckoned in months (including any part of a month) commencing from the date the certificate of entitlement was issued and ending on the date of its cancellation;

is the period of non‑user or, where there is more than one period of non‑user, the sum of all the periods of non‑user, reckoned in months (including any part of a month).

”.

Amendment of rule 22

6. Rule 22(1) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “(in months)” in the definition of “C” in sub‑paragraph (b) and substituting the words “reckoned in months (including any parting part of a month)”.

Amendment of rule 24A

7. Rule 24A of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “paragraph (14)” in paragraph (8) and substituting the words “paragraph (15)”;
(b)	by inserting, immediately after the word “months” wherever it appears in paragraph (8), the words “(including any part of a month)”; and
(c)	by deleting the words “and any fraction of a month shall be disregarded in determining the length of each period of non‑user” in paragraph (15) and substituting the words “(including any part of a month)”.

Miscellaneous amendments

8. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after the word “months” in rules 21(2), 21A(2) and 21B(2), the words “(including any part of a month)”.

[G.N. Nos. S 311/2000; S 431/2000; S 602/2000; S 8/2001; S 206/2001; S 290/2001; S 337/2001; S 361/2001; S 482/2001; S 48/2002; S 169/2002; S 383/2002; S 12/2003; S 426/2003; S 525/2003; S 464/2004; S 808/2004; S 272/2005; S 124/2006; S 475/2006; S 137/2008; S 290/2008; S 430/2008; S 357/2010; S 366/2010; S 378/2012; S 435/2012; S 652/2012; S 129/2013; S 142/2013]

Made this 23rd day of April 2013.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/RTA/WCL/MR/RT/MVQS(AMND No. 3) Rules 2013; AG/LLRD/SL/276/2010/18 Vol. 2]

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