Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) (Amendment) Rules 1999

No. S 295

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) (Amendment) Rules 1999

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, the Land Transport Authority of Singapore hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) (Amendment) Rules 1999 and shall come into operation on 1st July 1999.

Deletion and substitution of rules 35 to 38

2. Rules 35 to 38 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules (R 9) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) are deleted and the following rules substituted therefor:

“Standard for exhaust emission for petrol driven motor vehicles

35.—(1) Every petrol driven motor vehicle (other than a motor cycle or scooter) to be registered for the first time in Singapore on or after 1st July 1999 shall conform to the relevant standard for exhaust emission prescribed by the Environmental Pollution Control (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations 1999 (G.N. No. S 291/99).

(2) The Registrar shall not approve an application made on or after 1st July 1999 for the first registration in Singapore of a petrol driven motor vehicle (other than a motor cycle or scooter) unless he is satisfied that the vehicle conforms to the relevant standard for exhaust emission prescribed by the Environmental Pollution Control (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations 1999 for that vehicle.

(3) The Registrar may, in his discretion, exempt any petrol driven motor vehicle from this rule.

Standards for noise emission

36.—(1) Every motor vehicle to be registered for the first time in Singapore on or after 1st July 1999 shall conform to the standard for noise emission prescribed by the Environmental Pollution Control (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations 1999 (G.N. No. S 291/99).

(2) This rule shall also apply to every secondhand motor vehicle registered for the first time in Singapore on or after 1st July 1999.

(3) For the purpose of paragraph (2), a motor vehicle that has been used in any country or place outside Singapore prior to its registration for the first time in Singapore shall be regarded as a secondhand vehicle.

(4) The Registrar may, in his discretion, exempt any motor vehicle from this rule.

Standard for exhaust emission for diesel driven motor vehicles

37.—(1) Every diesel driven motor vehicle to be registered for the first time in Singapore on or after 1st July 1999 shall conform to the relevant standard for exhaust emission prescribed by the Environmental Pollution Control (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations 1999.

(2) The Registrar shall not approve an application made on or after 1st July 1999 for the first registration in Singapore of a diesel driven motor vehicle unless he is satisfied that the vehicle conforms to the relevant standard for exhaust emission prescribed by the Environmental Pollution Control (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations 1999 for that vehicle.

(3) The Registrar may, in his discretion, exempt any diesel driven motor vehicle from this rule.

Standard for exhaust emission for in-use vehicles

38. Every motor vehicle that is in use (whether first registered in Singapore before, on or after 1st July 1999) shall conform to the standard of exhaust emission prescribed by the Environmental Pollution Control (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations 1999 for in-use vehicles.”.

Deletion and substitution of rule 40

3. Rule 40 of the principal Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Standard for exhaust emission for motor cycle and scooter

40.—(1) Every motor cycle and scooter to be registered for the first time in Singapore on or after 1st July 1999 shall conform to the relevant standard for exhaust emission prescribed by the Environmental Pollution Control (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations 1999 (G.N. No. S 291/99).

(2) The Registrar shall not approve an application made on or after 1st July 1999 for the first registration in Singapore of a motor cycle or scooter unless he is satisfied that the motor cycle or scooter conforms to the relevant standard for exhaust emission prescribed by the Environmental Pollution Control (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations 1999 for that motor cycle or scooter.

(3) The Registrar may, in his discretion, exempt any motor cycle or scooter from this rule.”.

Deletion of rule 112, 114 and 115

4. The principal Rules are amended by deleting rules 112, 114 and 115.

[G.N. Nos. S 316/92; S 324/92; S 355/93; S 264/94; S 168/95; S 562/95; S 229/96; S 110/97; S 177/98; S 192/98]

Made this 1st day of July 1999.

FOCK SIEW WAH
Chairman,

Land Transport Authority of
Singapore.

[LTA/LG/43/16/04/133 (99-288); AG/LEG/SL/94A/98/1 Vol. 2]

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

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