No. S 430
Road Traffic Act
(Chapter 276)
Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2008
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. 3) Rules 2008 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2008.
Amendment of rule 20
2.  Rule 20(3) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended by deleting the words “rule 28” and substituting the words “rules 25 and 28”.
Amendment of rule 24A
3.  Rule 24A(4) of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “Notwithstanding rule 24(4)”, the words “but subject to rule 25”.
New rule 25
4.  The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 24B, the following rule:
“Circumstances when residual value payable in cash
25.—(1)  Notwithstanding rules 20(3) and 24A(4), a person —
(a)to whom a notice setting out the residual value of a cancelled certificate of entitlement is issued on or after 1st September 2008 under rule 20(2);
(b)to whom a notice setting out the residual value of a renewed certificate of entitlement is issued on or after 1st September 2008 under rule 24A(3); or
(c)who, immediately before 1st September 2008, holds the residual value of a cancelled certificate of entitlement under rule 20 or a renewed certificate of entitlement under rule 24A, as the case may be, and has not used that residual value to set off against —
(i)any quota premium payable by him for another certificate of entitlement issued in respect of another motor vehicle;
(ii)any levy payable by him for renewing or restoring the certificate of entitlement in respect of another motor vehicle;
(iii)any fee payable by him under rule 6 or 7 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) in connection with the registration or re-registration of another motor vehicle;
(iv)any additional quota premium payable by him under rule 24B for the extension of a certificate of entitlement for a taxi (other than a replacement taxi); or
(v)any additional levy payable by him under rule 24B for the restoration of a certificate of entitlement for a replacement taxi,
may, within the grace period, apply to the Registrar to be paid, in lieu of the rebate or setting off, a sum of cash equal to the amount of residual value set out in any notice issued under rule 20(2) or (9) or rule 24A(3) or (12), as the case may be, that he holds.
(2)  Upon receipt of an application under paragraph (1), the Registrar may —
(a)grant the application and, subject to paragraph (3), pay the applicant the sum of cash equal to the amount of residual value set out in the notice under rule 20(2) or (9) or rule 24A(3) or (12); or
(b)refuse the application.
(3)  The Registrar may refuse to make any payment of any sum of cash under paragraph (2)(a) to a holder of the residual value of a cancelled certificate of entitlement or a renewed certificate of entitlement for a motor vehicle who makes an application under paragraph (1) if the Registrar is not satisfied that —
(a)the motor vehicle (other than a motor vehicle which is re-registered as a PU-registered vehicle under rule 3B of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) or is re-registered as a classic car under rule 33A of those Rules) —
(i)is destroyed, exported or permanently taken off the roads; or
(ii)has ceased to be kept or used on any road in Singapore;
(b)no amount of any tax under section 11(1)(b) of the Act or any fee under section 21 or 30 of the Act is due and payable in respect of that motor vehicle; and
(c)the holder has given an undertaking to the Government under regulation 21(4) or 21A(4), as the case may be.
(4)  In relation to any application under paragraph (1) to be paid a sum of cash equal to the amount set out in any notice setting out the residual value of the cancelled or renewed certificate of entitlement, “grace period” means a period of 12 months starting on the date the certificate of entitlement was cancelled or renewed, or such longer period as the Registrar may allow in relation to any particular application.”.
Miscellaneous amendments
5.  The principal Rules are amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the words “in rule 20(3)” in the following rules, the words “or make an application under rule 25”:
Rules 21(1), 21A(1) and 21B(1); and
(b)by inserting, immediately after the words “in rule 20(3)” in rule 21C, the words “or 25”.
[G.N. Nos. S 311/2000; S431/2000; 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]

Made this 27th day of August 2008.

CHOI SHING KWOK
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.
[LTA/JG/IE/RT(MVQS)/03/08; AG/LEG/SL/276/2005/3 Vol. 4]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).
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