Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2003

No. S 426

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2003

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 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2003.

Amendment of rule 14

2. Rule 14 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (1)(c);

(b)

by deleting sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:

“(d)	80% of the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) if the motor vehicle is a taxi; or
(e)	70% of the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) if the motor vehicle is a private hire car registered using a certificate of entitlement issued before 1st April 1998.”;

(c)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (1A)(b); and

(d)

by deleting sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1A) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:

“(d)	80% of the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) if the motor vehicle is a taxi;
(e)	70% of the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) if the motor vehicle is a private hire car registered using a certificate of entitlement issued before 1st April 1998.”.

Amendment of rule 16

3. Rule 16 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) Subject to these Rules, a certificate of entitlement shall be in force from the date of its issue until —

(a)

in the case of a taxi, the taxi —

(i)

becomes 8 years old if the taxi has been registered before 1st September 2003 and —

(A)	its owner applies in writing to the Authority to use or keep the taxi for 8 years; and
(B)	an additional quota premium in respect of the taxi has been paid under rule 24B; or

(iii)

becomes 8 years old if the taxi is registered on or after 1st September 2003;

(b)

in the case of a private hire car that has been registered using a certificate of entitlement issued before 1st April 1998, the private hire car becomes 7 years old;

(c)

in any other case, the motor vehicle becomes 10 years old.”.

Amendment of rule 24

4. Rule 24 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting paragraph (8) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(8) The Registrar may, upon receipt of an application made under paragraph (6) and the prescribed levy, restore a certificate of entitlement for a period of 8 years commencing from the date of its restoration.”.

New rule 24B

5. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 24A, the following rule:

“Additional premium or levy payable to extend validity period of certificates of entitlement for taxis

24B.—(1) Where a taxi (other than a replacement taxi) is registered before 1st September 2003 and its owner applies in writing to the Authority to use or keep the taxi for 8 years, an additional quota premium shall be payable prior to the expiry of the term of the existing certificate of entitlement for the extension of the certificate of entitlement.

(2) The additional quota premium referred to in paragraph (1) shall be the difference between 80% of the amount calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(a) of rule 14 and the quota premium paid under sub-paragraph (1)(d) of that rule in force immediately before 1st September 2003.

(3) Where a replacement taxi is registered before 1st September 2003 and its owner applies in writing to the Authority to use or keep the taxi for 8 years, an additional levy shall be payable prior to the expiry of the term of the existing certificate of entitlement for the restoration of the certificate of entitlement.

(4) The additional levy referred to in paragraph (3) shall be the difference between 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 restoration of the certificate of entitlement and the amount paid under sub-paragraph (1)(b) of the First Schedule.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4), the average of the quota premiums payable for certificates of entitlement for any month in relation to a category of vehicle shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) of the First Schedule.

(6) Where an application is made to pay the additional quota premium or additional levy, as the case may be, after the expiry of the term of an existing certificate of entitlement, the Registrar may, in his discretion, approve such application on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit.”.

Amendment of First Schedule

6. The First Schedule to the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “replacement taxi” in paragraph (1)(b), the words “registered before 1st September 2003”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1), the following sub-paragraph:

“(ba)

in the case of a replacement taxi registered on or after 1st September 2003, 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 restoration of the certificate of entitlement;”.

[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]

Made this 1st day of September 2003.

PETER ONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/KM/L017.007.000; AG/ LEG/SL/276/2002/6 Vol. 3]

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

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