Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2020

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 27 Apr 2020

No. S 331

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic
(Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences)
(Amendment No. 2) Rules 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 48 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Home Affairs makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2020 and are deemed to have come into operation on 7 April 2020.

Amendment of rule 4A

2. The Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) Rules (R 27) are amended by renumbering rule 4A as paragraph (1) of that rule, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(2) In a case where the holder of a Class 1, 2, 2A, 2B, 3, 3A, 3C or 3CA driving licence attains a specified age between 7 April 2020 and 6 August 2020 (both dates inclusive), the references in paragraph (1) to the holder of the driving licence attaining the specified age are each to be read as the expiry of a period of 6 months after the holder of the driving licence attains the specified age.”.

Amendment of rule 5

3. Rule 5 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Driving Licences) Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(2AA) In a case where the holder of a Class 4, 4A or 5 driving licence attains 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 or 74 years of age between 7 April 2020 and 6 August 2020 (both dates inclusive), the references in paragraph (2) to the holder of the driving licence attaining that age are each to be read as the expiry of a period of 6 months after the holder of the driving licence attains that age.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 562/2002; S 245/2004; S 304/2004; S 515/2004; S 774/2004; S 392/2005; S 500/2005; S 28/2009; S 112/2010; S 646/2010; S 55/2012; S 275/2013; S 276/2013; S 108/2014; S 46/2015; S 335/2015; S 794/2015; S 254/2016; S 314/2017; S 682/2017; S 586/2018; S 775/2019; S 178/2020]

Made on 24 April 2020.

PANG KIN KEONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Singapore.

[MHA 112/2/033 TF 111; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2020/18 Vol. 1]

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

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