Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2012

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
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No. S 311

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing)
(Amendment No. 4) Rules 2012

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34 and 140 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, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2012.

Amendment of rule 3D

2. Rule 3D of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (4), the following sub-paragraph:

“(aa)

where the new vehicle, batch of new vehicles or model of a new vehicle falls within a class, description or type of motor vehicle to which Division 1 of Part IV of the Energy Conservation Act 2012 (Act 11 of 2012) applies, such information and documents relating to fuel economy as may be required to be submitted to the Registrar in respect of that class, description or type of motor vehicle under that Act;”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (7), the following paragraphs:

“(7A) The Registrar may refuse to grant, or may revoke, any batch type-approval, type-approval or modified type-approval, of any particular vehicle or batch or model of vehicles if —

(a)	the application contains, or the approval has been procured by the provision to the Registrar of, any particulars, information or document, or by the making of any statement or representation to the Registrar, which is false or misleading in any way;
(b)	the actual fuel consumption or carbon dioxide emissions of the motor vehicle do not conform to the fuel consumption or carbon dioxide emissions of the motor vehicle as stated in the documents submitted to the Registrar under paragraph (4)(aa);
(c)	there has been a modification to the motor vehicle which has affected the fuel economy or carbon dioxide emissions performance of the vehicle model as stated in the information or documents submitted to the Registrar;
(d)	the Registrar is satisfied that the authorised dealer, manufacturer or importer of the motor vehicle has contravened any provision under Part IV of the Energy Conservation Act 2012; or
(e)	the motor vehicle fails to meet such minimum fuel economy standards, if any, as may be prescribed under Part IV of the Energy Conservation Act 2012 in respect of that class, description or type of motor vehicle.

(7B) The Registrar shall, before revoking any batch type-approval, type-approval or modified type-approval granted, inform the person to whom the approval was granted of his intention to do so and give that person a reasonable opportunity to be heard.

(7C) The Registrar shall, within 14 days after revoking any batch type-approval, type-approval or modified type approval under paragraph (7A), inform the person to whom the approval was granted in writing of the revocation, the date on which the revocation takes effect and the grounds for the revocation.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 812/2004; S 813/2004; S 226/2005; S 248/2005; S 398/2005; S 540/2005; S 90/2006; S 125/2006; S 476/2006; S 505/2006; S 38/2007; S 116/2007; S 202/2007; S 365/2007; S 467/2007; S 608/2007; S 610/2007; S 739/2007; S 105/2008; S 289/2008; S 311/2008; S 429/2008; S 502/2008; S 519/2008; S 151/2009; S 205/2009; S 225/2009; S 279/2009; S 318/2009; S 330/2009; S 510/2009; S 511/2009; S 34/2010; S 356/2010; S 519/2010; S 336/2011; S 640/2011; S 66/2012; S 144/2012; S 277/2012]

Made this 26th day of June 2012.

CHOI SHING KWOK

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/RTA/SL/AK/MVRL.04.2012; AG/LLRD/SL/276/2010/17 Vol. 2]

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