Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) (Amendment) Rules 2004

No. S 591

Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act

(Chapter 189)

Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) (Amendment) Rules 2004

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24(1) of the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act, the Minister for Transport hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) (Amendment) Rules 2004 and shall come into operation on 24th September 2004.

Amendment of Act heading

2. The Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Rules (R 1) (referred in these Rules as the principal Rules) are amended by deleting the words “SECTION 19” in the 2nd line and substituting the words “SECTION 24 (1)”.

Amendment of rule 2

3. Rule 2 of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “section 4 (6)” in the definition of “securer” and substituting the words “section 4 (11)”.

Amendment of rule 6

4. Rule 6 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)	by deleting the words “section 3(5)(a)” in paragraph (a) and substituting the words “section 3(7)(a)”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “section 3(5)(b)” in paragraph (b) and substituting the words “section 3(7)(b)”.

Amendment of rule 9

5. Rule 9 of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(a)	full name, address and identification number as indicated in the identity card or passport of the person to whom the certificate of insurance or security is issued;”;

(b)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (1)(d);

(c)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (1) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(f)

such other information as the Registrar may, by written notice to the insurer or securer, require in relation to —

(i)	the motor vehicle, its policy or security; or
(ii)	the person to whom the certificate of insurance or security is issued.”; and

(d)

by deleting the words “section 3(5)(b)” in paragraph (3) and substituting the words “section 3(7)(b)”.

Deletion and substitution of rule 10

6. Rule 10 of the principal Rules is deleted and the following rule substituted therefor:

“Duty to inform

10.—(1) Any insurer or securer by whom records of documents are required to be kept by these Rules shall, within one working day or such longer period as the Registrar may allow —

(a)

inform the Registrar in writing or in such other manner as the Registrar may specify, of —

(i)	any issue or renewal of a certificate of insurance or security;
(ii)	any change in the particulars referred to in rule 9(1); and
(iii)	any policy issued, or security given, by the insurer or securer which ceases to be effective for any reason; and

(b)

furnish to the Registrar all such other information as he may require in relation to the matters referred to in sub-paragraph (a).

(2) Any person to whom the certificate of insurance or security is issued shall, on request, furnish to the Registrar any information referred to in paragraph (1).

(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.”.

Deletion and substitution of Schedule

7. The Schedule to the principal Rules is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:

“THE SCHEDULE

FORM A

Rule 4