Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 5) Rules 1998

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 Oct 1998

No. S 537

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 5) Rules 1998

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34 and 140 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Communications 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. 5) Rules 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st November 1998.

Amendment of rule 8

2. Rule 8 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraphs (1), (1A) and (1B) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(1) Subject to this rule, any —

(a)	person who desires to purchase a new vehicle which will be registered as an off-peak car, a private hire car or private motor car;
(b)	person who registers a new vehicle as a taxi or a business service passenger vehicle using a certificate of entitlement issued on or after 1st April 1998;
(c)	person who registers a new vehicle as a replacement taxi on or after 1st September 1998; or
(d)	statutory board, company, firm, society, association or club to which a private motor car has been transferred on or after 1st April 1998 and which registers a new vehicle on or after that date,

may apply to the Registrar for a rebate on —

(i)	the fees payable under rules 6 and 7; and
(ii)	the quota premium payable under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) for a certificate of entitlement,

in respect of the new vehicle at the time of its registration.

(1A) In granting an application under paragraph (1), the Registrar may impose such conditions as he thinks fit.”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(2A) Upon granting an application under paragraph (1), the Registrar shall issue to the applicant a certificate setting out the amount of the rebate which has been granted.”;

(c)

by deleting the word “once” in the fourth line of paragraph (3);

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the word “used” in the fifth line of paragraph (3), the words “or further transferred”; and

(e)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (4), the following paragraphs:

“(4A) Subject to paragraphs (4B) and (4C), where the amount of the rebate granted under paragraph (2) in respect of a new vehicle exceeds the fees payable under rules 6 and 7 and the quota premium payable under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules for a certificate of entitlement, in respect of that vehicle, the excess amount of the rebate shall be forfeited.

(4B) A person who holds the benefit of any rebate granted under paragraph (2) may apply to the Registrar for the whole amount of the rebate to be divided into such smaller portions as the applicant may require and to use each such portion for the registration of a separate new vehicle or transfer any such portion of the rebate to any other person under paragraph (3).

(4C) A person who holds the benefits of the rebates which have been granted under paragraph (2) in respect of 2 or more vehicles may apply to the Registrar for the benefits of such rebates to be used collectively for the registration of one or more new vehicles.

(4D) The Registrar may grant an application under paragraph (4B) or (4C) subject to such conditions as he thinks fit and shall, upon granting an application under paragraph (4B), issue to the applicant a new certificate in respect of each portion into which the amount of the rebate has been divided.

(4E) The new certificates issued under paragraph (4D) shall be in replacement of the certificate issued under paragraph (2A) in respect of the original amount of the rebate.

(4F) A fee of $10 shall be payable in respect of each portion into which the amount of the rebate is to be divided under paragraph (4B).”.

Amendment of rule 9

3. Rule 9 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(1) Subject to rule 8, a person who desires to purchase a vehicle which will be registered as an off-peak car may apply to the Registrar for a rebate on —

(a)	the fees payable under rules 6 and 7; and
(b)	the quota premium payable under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) for a certificate of entitlement,

in respect of the new vehicle at the time of its registration.

(1A) In granting an application under paragraph (1), the Registrar may impose such conditions as he thinks fit.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 292/96; S 39/97; S 358/97; S 125/98; S 188/98; S 388/98; S 517/98]

Made this 29th day of October 1998.

TEO MING KIAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Communications,
Singapore.

[MINCOM LT.271.6.01.0.12; AG/LEG/SL/276/97/13 Vol. 1]

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

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