Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) (Amendment) Rules 2002

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 25 Jan 2002

No. S 48

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) (Amendment) Rules 2002

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) Rules 2002 and shall come into operation on 25th January 2002.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2 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 definition of “non-transferable certificate of entitlement”.

Amendment of rule 11

3. Rule 11 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) Where any particular furnished by an applicant or motor firm in relation to a certificate of entitlement issued under this rule is incomplete or incorrect, the Registrar shall, on payment of a fee of $20 by the applicant or motor firm, amend the particulars stated on the certificate of entitlement.”.

Amendment of rule 18

4. Rule 18 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Registrar may, in his discretion and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, refund to the holder of the certificate of entitlement the deposit paid in respect of the certificate of entitlement under rule 7 (2).”.

Deletion and substitution of rule 19

5. Rule 19 of the principal Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor :

“Transfers of certificates of entitlement

19.—(1) A certificate of entitlement may, on application and on payment of a fee of $10, be transferable at any time before it is used to register a vehicle where —

(a)	the person to whom the certificate of entitlement is issued is an individual; and
(b)	the certificate of entitlement is issued for a vehicle falling within the category of vehicles referred to in rule 3(1)(c) or (e).

(2) In any other case, a certificate of entitlement shall not be transferable to another person before it is used to register a vehicle, except with the prior approval of the Registrar and subject to payment of a fee of $10.”.

[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]

Made this 24th day of January 2002.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[LTA/EK/43.16.04; AG/LEG/SL/276/97/13 Vol. 4]

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

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