Road Traffic (Re-registration of Motor Vehicles on Jurong Island Bearing the Index Mark “RU”) Rules 2000

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 28 Jan 2000

No. S 37

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Re-registration of Motor Vehicles on Jurong Island Bearing the Index Mark “Ru”) Rules 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 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 (Re-registration of Motor Vehicles on Jurong Island Bearing the Index Mark “RU”) Rules 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st February 2000.

Definitions

2. In these Rules —

“ARF”, in relation to a motor vehicle, means the additional registration fee that is payable on the registration of such motor vehicle under rule 7 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) read with Part II of the First Schedule thereto;

“heavy vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Parking Places Act (Cap. 214);

“motor vehicle bearing the index mark “RU”” means a motor vehicle registered under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) for use within such areas as may be approved by the Minister.

Re-registration of motor vehicles bearing the index mark “RU”

3.—(1) The Registrar may, upon the application of the registered owner of a motor vehicle bearing the index mark “RU”, re-register that motor vehicle without any restriction on the use thereof if he is satisfied —

(a)

that the motor vehicle has been registered for use on Jurong Island only;

(b)

that the applicant has paid —

(i)

the appropriate fee for the registration of the motor vehicle as set out in Part I of the First Schedule to the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules; and

(ii)

the amount equivalent to the positive difference, if any, between —

(A)	the ARF that was paid on the first registration of the motor vehicle; and
(B)	the ARF that will be payable on the registration of a motor vehicle of the same description as that in which the applicant is seeking to re-register his motor vehicle;

(c)

that the applicant has obtained a certificate of entitlement in respect of the motor vehicle in accordance with the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) notwithstanding rules 26, 27 and 28 of those Rules;

(d)

that the motor vehicle complies with the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules (R 9), Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Lighting) Rules (R 10), Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Seat Belts) Rules (R 15), Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Speed Warning Device) Rules (R 19) and Road Traffic (Electronic Road Pricing System) Rules (R 38);

(e)

that the applicant has also applied to the Registrar for a licence to be issued in respect of the motor vehicle to be re-registered and has paid the appropriate fee as set out in the Sixth Schedule of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) and any additional fee payable in accordance with rule 37 of those Rules, subject to rule 39 of those Rules; and

(f)

in the case of a heavy vehicle, that the applicant has been issued by the relevant authority under the Parking Places Act (Cap. 214) with a vehicle parking certificate in respect of the parking of the heavy vehicle for the period for which the heavy vehicle is to be licensed.

(2) The Registrar may require the motor vehicle to be produced for his inspection before re-registration and he may levy such charges as he thinks fit for such inspection.

(3) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b)(ii), where the ARF that was paid on the first registration of the motor vehicle exceeds the ARF that will be payable on the re-registration thereof, there shall be no refund of the amount in excess.

Made this 24th day of January 2000.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

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).

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