Energy Conservation (Motor Vehicles Subject to Fuel Economy Requirements) Order 2012

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 29 Jun 2012

No. S 309

Energy Conservation Act 2012

(ACT 11 OF 2012)

Energy Conservation
(Motor Vehicles Subject to
Fuel Economy Requirements)
Order 2012

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 40 of the Energy Conservation Act 2012, the Minister for Transport, after consultation with the Land Transport Authority of Singapore, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Energy Conservation (Motor Vehicles Subject to Fuel Economy Requirements) Order 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2012.

Motor vehicles subject to fuel economy requirements

2.—(1) Motor vehicles of the following description and not excluded by sub-paragraph (2) shall be subject to the fuel economy requirements in Division 1 of Part IV of the Act from 1st July 2012:

(a)	any motor vehicle which is constructed for the carriage of not more than 7 passengers (exclusive of the driver) and having an unladen weight not exceeding 3,000 kilograms;
(b)	any motor vehicle which is constructed for the carriage of goods and having a laden weight not exceeding 3,500 kilograms.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) excludes —

(a)

a motor cycle;

(b)

a motor vehicle after its first registration in Singapore under the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276);

(c)

a motor vehicle which is first registered outside Singapore and manufactured before 1st January 1940;

(d)

a motor vehicle which is first registered outside Singapore and is at least 35 years old (reckoned from the date of such first registration) at the time an application for type‑approval, batch type‑approval or modified type‑approval is made in respect of that motor vehicle;

(e)

any motor vehicle —

(i)	for which there is no production model; and
(ii)	in respect of which no type-approval, batch type‑approval or modified type‑approval is granted by the Registrar under rule 3D of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (Cap. 276, R 5); or

(f)

any vehicle for which a special purpose licence has been obtained under section 28A of the Road Traffic Act.

Made this 26th day of June 2012.

CHOI SHING KWOK

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/ECA/SL/AK/MVFER.2012; AG/LLRD/SL/92C/2012/4 Vol. 1]

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