Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 6) Rules 2000

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 28 Sep 2000

No. S 430

Road Traffic Act

Chapter 276

Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 6) Rules 2000

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 11A, 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 (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 6) Rules 2000 and shall come into operation on 2nd October 2000.

Amendment of rule 33

2. Rule 33 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “30th September 1997”” in the last line of paragraph (5), the words “and before 2nd October 2000””; and

(b)

by deleting paragraph (6) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(6) For the purpose of paragraph (5) —

(a)

in the case of a private motor car which has been re-registered as an off-peak car before 1st September 1994 —

(i)	the conversion fee is $100; and
(ii)	no conversion premium is payable;

(b)

in the case of a private motor car which has been re-registered as an off-peak car on or after 1st October 1994 —

(i)	the conversion fee is $800; and
(ii)	no conversion premium is payable;

(c)

in the case of an off-peak car in respect of which a category (f) certificate of entitlement has been issued —

(i)	the conversion fee is $800; and
(ii)	the conversion premium shall be the conversion charge computed according to the formula set out in rule 22(1)(b) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31); and

(d)

in any other case —

(i)

the conversion fee is $800; and

(ii)

the conversion premium shall be determined in accordance with the following formula:

where

is the sum of the rebate on customs duties granted in respect of that motor car under section 16A of the Customs Act (Cap. 70), the rebate on the quota premium granted under rule 14(2) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules and the rebate on the additional registration fee granted under rule 9(3) in respect of the motor car at the time it was registered as an off-peak car;

is 120 months less the period (in months) for which the motor car has been registered in Singapore at its re-registration as a private motor car; and

is 120 months.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 535/99; S 226/2000; S 246/2000; S 261/2000; S 310/2000; S 320/2000]

Made this 26th day of September 2000.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology,
Singapore.

[LTA/SA/131/14; 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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