2. Rule 34A of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) is amended —| (a) | by deleting paragraphs (2A) and (2B); | | (b) | by inserting, immediately after the words “in exceptional circumstances” in paragraph (3A), the words “and upon an application being made therefor,”; | | (c) | by inserting, immediately after paragraph (3A), the following paragraphs:| “(3B) Subject to paragraph (3C), at the end of the 6-month period referred to in paragraph (2), the Registrar may, in his discretion and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit to impose, extend for a further period of 6 months the period for which a de-registered vehicle may continue to be kept in the approved designated area or the alternative area, as the case may be. |
(3C) To obtain the grant of an extension under paragraph (3B) of the period for which a de-registered vehicle may continue to be kept in the approved designated area or the alternative area, as the case may be, the following procedures shall apply:| (a) | if the vehicle was de-registered before 22nd December 2008, an application shall be made to the Registrar for the extension; and | | (b) | if the vehicle was de-registered on or after 22nd December 2008, a fee of $25 shall be paid to the Registrar (without any application). |
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| (3D) Where any part of the 6-month period of extension granted by the Registrar under paragraph (3B) is current on or after 22nd June 2009, the Registrar may, in his discretion, extend a second or third time (and no more) for a period of 6 months each the period for which the vehicle may continue to be kept in the approved designated area or the alternative area, as the case may be, upon an application being made at the end of each period of extension. |
(3E) Paragraph (3D) shall not apply to —| (a) | any vehicle which was de-registered before 22nd June 2008; | | (b) | any de-registered vehicle in respect of which an application under paragraph (2) was granted before 22nd June 2009; or | | (c) | any de-registered vehicle in respect of which an application under paragraph (2) is made on or after 23rd June 2010.”; |
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| | (d) | by deleting paragraph (6) and substituting the following paragraph:| “(6) Every application under paragraph (2), (3A), (3C)(a), (3D), (4) or (5) shall be made in such manner and within such time as the Registrar may require.”; |
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| | (e) | by inserting “, (3C)(a), (3D), (4)” immediately after the words “paragraph (2), (3A)” in paragraph (7); | | (f) | by inserting “(3D),” immediately after the words “paragraph (2), (3A),” in paragraph (8); | | (g) | by deleting paragraph (9) and substituting the following paragraph:| “(9) Unless the Registrar allows otherwise, a person who has been granted any approval, extension or permission by the Registrar under paragraph (2), (3A), (3B), (3D), (4) or (5) shall immediately affix to the de-registered vehicle which is or is to be kept in the approved designated area or the alternative area a seal, mark or document as determined by the Registrar in such manner as the Registrar may require.”; and |
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| | (h) | by deleting paragraphs (12), (13) and (14) and substituting the following paragraphs:| “(12) Any approval, extension or permission granted by the Registrar under paragraph (2), (3A), (3B), (3D), (4) or (5) may be revoked upon the breach of any condition imposed upon such approval, extension or permission. |
| (13) The Registrar may, in his discretion, waive in whole or in part, the fee payable under paragraph (3C)(b) or (7). |
| (14) Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining the grant by the Registrar of any approval, extension or permission under paragraph (2), (3A), (3B), (3D), (4) or (5), furnishes to the Registrar (whether in his application or otherwise) any information or particulars which to the person’s knowledge are false or in any material respect misleading shall be guilty of an offence.”. |
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