No. S 310
Road Traffic Act
(Chapter 276)
Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2000
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 11A, 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. 4) Rules 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2000.
Amendment of rule 15
2.  Rule 15(2)(c) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “vintage cars”, the words “and classic cars”.
New rule 33A
3.  The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 33, the following rule:
Re-registration of motor cars as classic cars
33A.—(1)  The Registrar may, in his discretion, upon application in an approved form by the owner of a motor car which is not less than 35 years old, re-register the motor car as a classic car.
(2)  In granting an application under paragraph (1), the Registrar may impose such conditions as he thinks fit.
(3)  Section 11A of the Act shall apply to classic cars.
(4)  No classic car may be re-registered as any other type of motor car.”.
New rule 38A
4.  The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 38, the following rule:
Licence for classic car and supplementary licence
38A.—(1)  Every licence for a classic car shall be subject to the restriction that the classic car shall not be driven on any road at any time unless there is in force a supplementary licence issued under Part IV for that vehicle.
(2)  The fee payable for a licence for a classic car shall be $280 for 12 months.
(3)  Notwithstanding rule 36(2), every licence for a classic car shall be valid for a period of 12 months or for such shorter period as the Registrar may think fit.”.
New rule 55A
5.  The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 55, the following rule:
Classic car supplementary licences
55A.—(1)  The Registrar may, upon issuing a licence under Part III for a classic car, issue without any charge to the owner of the classic car 28 supplementary licences for every period of 12 months for which the licence issued is valid or, if the licence is issued for a shorter period, the largest whole number obtained if the supplementary licences are issued in the same proportion in relation to the period of the licence issued under Part III.
(2)  Rule 56 shall apply to the supplementary licences that are issued in respect of any classic car.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 535/99; S226/2000; S 246/2000; S 261/2000]

Made this 30th day of June 2000.

PETER HO
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).