No. S 378
Road Traffic Act
(CHAPTER 276)
Road Traffic
(Motor Vehicles, Quota System)
(Amendment No. 2) Rules 2012
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10A(4) 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, Quota System) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2012 and shall come into operation on 6th August 2012.
Amendment of rule 4
2.  Rule 4 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:
(2)  Any certificate of entitlement that is issued for a vehicle in the open category may be used to register a motor vehicle within any other category of vehicle referred to in rule 3(1)(a) to (d), except that no such certificate of entitlement which is issued —
(a)after 1st August 2012; or
(b)on or before 1st August 2012 and transferred on or after 6th August 2012,
may be used to register a taxi.”.
Amendment of rule 6
3.  Rule 6 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “motor vehicle”, the words “, except taxis”.
New rule 9B
4.  The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 9A, the following rule:
Application for certificates of entitlement for taxis
9B.—(1)  Every application for a certificate of entitlement for the purpose of registering a motor vehicle as a taxi (except a replacement taxi) must be made in accordance with this rule.
(2)  Any application for a certificate of entitlement for the purpose of registering a motor vehicle as a taxi (except a replacement taxi) —
(a)must be made by a holder of a taxi service operator licence or a private individual; and
(b)must be accompanied by such amount of quota premium as is specified in the First Schedule for taxis.”.
Amendment of rule 11
5.  Rule 11 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:
(2A)  In the case of an application under rule 9B by a holder of a taxi service operator licence for a certificate of entitlement for the purpose of registering a motor vehicle as a taxi (except a replacement taxi), the Registrar shall not issue a certificate of entitlement to the holder of a taxi service operator licence if the registration of that motor vehicle as a taxi is in excess of the maximum number of taxis prescribed in the Road Traffic (Maximum Number of Public Service Vehicle Licences for Taxis) Rules 2012 (G.N. No. S 379/2012) for that holder.”.
Amendment of rule 13
6.  Rule 13(1) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “and subject to”, the words “rule 11(2A) and”.
Amendment of rule 18
7.  Rule 18 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (1), the following paragraph:
(1A)  A certificate of entitlement issued under rule 3(1)(a) after 1st August 2012 shall not entitle the person to whom it is issued to register a taxi.”.
Amendment of rule 19
8.  Rule 19 of the principal Rules is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the word “In any other case” in paragraph (2), the words “but subject to paragraph (3)”; and
(b)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:
(3)  Any certificate of entitlement falling within the category of vehicles referred to in rule 3(1)(e) shall not be transferrable on or after 6th August 2012 for the purpose of registering a taxi.”.
Amendment of First Schedule
9.  The First Schedule to the principal Rules is amended —
(a)by deleting Schedule reference and substituting the following Schedule reference:
Rules 9B(2), 24(3) and (7), 24A(1AB) and (1AC), 24B(4) and (5) and 24C(3) and (4)”; and
(b)by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (ba) of sub‑paragraph (1), the following sub-paragraph:
(bb)in the case of a taxi registered on or after 6th August 2012 with a certificate of entitlement issued pursuant to an application under rule 9B, 80% of the average of the quota premiums payable for certificates of entitlement in relation to the category of vehicle specified in rule 3(1)(a) issued during the 3 months immediately preceding the registration of the taxi;”.
[G.N. Nos. S 311/2000; S 431/2000; S 602/2000; S 8/2001; S 206/2001; S 290/2001; S 337/2001; S 361/2001; S 482/2001; S 48/2002; S 169/2002; S 383/2002; S 12/2003; S 426/2003; S 525/2003; S 464/2004; S 808/2004; S 272/2005; S 124/2006; S 475/2006; S 137/2008; S 290/2008; S 430/2008; S 357/2010; S 366/2012]
Made this 3rd day of August 2012.
TAN YONG SOON
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.
[LTA/RTA/BD/MR/MVQSNo.2R_2012; AG/LLRD/SL/276/2010/18 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).