Road Traffic (Keeping of De-registered Vehicles in Designated Areas) (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2004

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No. S 466

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Keeping of De-registered Vehicles in Designated Areas) (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2004

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 142 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Keeping of De-registered Vehicles in Designated Areas) (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2004 and shall come into operation on 2nd August 2004.

Deletion and substitution of paragraph 3

2. Paragraph 3 of the Road Traffic (Keeping of De-registered Vehicles in Designated Areas) (Exemption) Order 2003 (G.N. No. S 87/2003) is deleted and the following paragraph substituted therefor:

“Exemption from sections 10 (1) and 29 (1) of Act

3. Subject to such conditions as the Registrar may impose, sections 10(1) and 29(1) of the Act shall not apply to the keeping or possession of a de-registered vehicle in a designated area ––

(a)

for a period of 12 months from the date on which registration of the vehicle is cancelled if such keeping or possession in the designated area has been approved by the Registrar under rule 34A of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) and the approval has not been revoked; or

(b)

where an application is made under rule 34A(2) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules on or after 2nd August 2004, for a period of 6 months from the date on which registration of the vehicle is cancelled and during any extension of that period under rule 34A (2A) of those Rules, if such keeping or possession in the designated area has been approved by the Registrar under rule 34A of those Rules and the approval has not been revoked.”.

Amendment of paragraph 4

3. Paragraph 4 of the Road Traffic (Keeping of De-registered Vehicles in Designated Areas) (Exemption) Order 2003 is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (2) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(2) Unless the Registrar permits otherwise, the registered owner or the person in possession of the vehicle shall —

(a)	within 12 months from the date on which registration of the vehicle is cancelled;
(b)	where an application is made under rule 34A(2) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules on or after 2nd August 2004, within 6 months from the date on which registration of the vehicle is cancelled and any extension of that period under rule 34A (2A) of those Rules;
(c)	within 7 days from the date the vehicle is moved out of the designated area; or
(d)	within 3 days of the Registrar notifying him that the approval granted under rule 34A of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules has been revoked, or such longer period as the Registrar may, in his discretion, allow,

whichever is the earliest, produce proof to the satisfaction of the Registrar that the vehicle has been exported or scrapped.”.

Made this 29th day of July 2004.

PETER ONG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/KM/L017.00; AG/LEG/SL/276/2002/11 Vol. 1]