Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2023

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 31 Aug 2023

No. S 597

Road Traffic Act 1961

Road Traffic
(Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing)
(Amendment No. 4) Rules 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34 and 140 of the Road Traffic Act 1961, the Minister for Transport makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2023 and come into operation on 1 September 2023.

Amendment of rule 8

2. In the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5), in rule 8 —

(a)

in paragraph (15), replace sub‑paragraph (c) with —

“(c)

at the time it was reported lost to the police —

(i)	if the old vehicle was a taxi that was not a specified Comfort taxi or a specified taxi — the old vehicle was not more than 8 years old;
(ii)	if the old vehicle was a specified Comfort taxi — the old vehicle was not more than 8 years old or (if the old vehicle was more than 8 years old) the term of the certificate of entitlement that was renewed under rule 3 of the Road Traffic (Renewal of Certificates of Entitlement for Specified Taxis) Rules 2023 (G.N. No. S 272/2023) in respect of the old vehicle had not expired; or
(iii)	if the old vehicle was a specified taxi, or a vehicle that was not a taxi — the old vehicle was not more than 10 years old;”;

(b)

in paragraph (15A), replace sub‑paragraph (b) with —

“(b)

at the time it was seized —

(i)	if the old vehicle was a taxi that was not a specified Comfort taxi or a specified taxi — the old vehicle was not more than 8 years old;
(ii)	if the old vehicle was a specified Comfort taxi — the old vehicle was not more than 8 years old or (if the old vehicle was more than 8 years old) the term of the certificate of entitlement that was renewed under rule 3 of the Road Traffic (Renewal of Certificates of Entitlement for Specified Taxis) Rules 2023 in respect of the old vehicle had not expired; or
(iii)	if the old vehicle was a specified taxi, or a vehicle that was not a taxi — the old vehicle was not more than 10 years old;”; and

(c)

replace paragraph (16) with —

“(16) In paragraphs (15)(c) and (15A)(b) —

“certificate of entitlement” has the meaning given by rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules;

“specified Comfort taxi” means a taxi specified in the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Renewal of Certificates of Entitlement for Specified Taxis) Rules 2023;

“specified taxi” means a taxi that is —

(a)	an electric car registered on or after 15 September 2022; or
(b)	an electric car registered before 15 September 2022, where the term of the certificate of entitlement for the taxi has been extended under rule 24BA of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules.”.

Amendment of First Schedule

3. In the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules, in the First Schedule, in Part IX —

(a)

in the heading “REBATE FOR DE‑REGISTRATION OF OLD VEHICLES WHICH ARE TAXIS (OTHER THAN SPECIFIED TAXIS)”, replace “(OTHER THAN SPECIFIED TAXIS)” with “(OTHER THAN SPECIFIED COMFORT TAXIS OR SPECIFIED TAXIS)”;

(b)

before the heading “REBATE FOR DE‑REGISTRATION OF OLD VEHICLES WHICH ARE SPECIFIED TAXIS”, insert —

“REBATE FOR DE-REGISTRATION OF OLD VEHICLES
WHICH ARE SPECIFIED COMFORT TAXIS

Age of old vehicle
at the time of
its de‑registration

Amount of rebate
allowable, expressed
as a percentage of
the relevant additional
registration fee
as determined
under rule 8(8)

(1)	Not exceeding 5 years

75%

(2)	Exceeding 5 years but not exceeding 6 years

70%

(3)	Exceeding 6 years but not exceeding 7 years

65%

(4)	Exceeding 7 years but not exceeding 8 years

60%

(5)	Exceeding 8 years but not exceeding 9 years

55%

(6)	Exceeding 9 years but not exceeding 10 years

50%

”; and

(c)

replace the Note with —

“Note: In this Part, “specified Comfort taxi” and “specified taxi” have the meanings given by rule 8(16).”.

[G.N. Nos. S 678/2014; S 810/2014; S 359/2015; S 366/2015; S 650/2015; S 272/2016; S 46/2017; S 60/2017; S 327/2017; S 335/2017; S 550/2017; S 696/2017; S 777/2017; S 330/2018; S 424/2018; S 764/2018; S 879/2018; S 140/2019; S 249/2019; S 393/2019; S 451/2019; S 206/2020; S 454/2020; S 1013/2020; S 1092/2020; S 1100/2020; S 233/2021; S 263/2021; S 507/2021; S 955/2021; S 1049/2021; S 62/2022; S 100/2022; S 738/2022; S 970/2022; S 1041/2022; S 70/2023; S 194/2023; S 551/2023]

Made on 29 August 2023.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.271.6.01.0.25; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2020/23 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961).

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