Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Rules 2001

No. S 6

Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276)

Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Rules 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34 and 140 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Communications and Information Technology hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Rules 2001 and shall come into operation on 3rd January 2001.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) (referred to in these Rules as the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “power rating” in paragraph (1), the following definition:

“ “PU-registered vehicle” means a motor vehicle which is registered under rule 3B;”;

(b)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (2)(ca); and

(c)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (2) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(e)	where it is not possible to ascertain the date on which the vehicle was first registered in or outside Singapore and the year of its manufacture, from such date as the Registrar may, in his discretion, determine.”.

New rule 3B

3. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 3A, the following rule:

“Registration of motor vehicles on Pulau Ubin

3B.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Registrar may, in his discretion, upon application in an approved form by the owner of a motor vehicle who —

(a)	resides in Pulau Ubin; or
(b)	operates a business in Pulau Ubin,

(2) No vehicle shall be registered or re-registered as a PU-registered vehicle after 1st February 2001 unless it is a new vehicle or a vehicle which is already registered under the Act.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in these Rules, no vehicle shall be registered or re-registered as a PU-registered vehicle if its maximum laden weight exceeds 3 tonnes.

(4) The registration or re-registration of a motor vehicle as a PU-registered vehicle shall be subject to —

(a)	the condition that the vehicle shall be kept and used only on Pulau Ubin; and
(b)	such other conditions as the Registrar may impose.

(5) Any person who fails to comply with any condition referred to in paragraph (4) shall be guilty of an offence.

(6) No vehicle which is or has been registered as a PU-registered vehicle shall be re-registered as any other type of vehicle.

(7) For the purposes of this rule and rule 7, “new vehicle” has the same meaning as in rule 8(14).”.

Amendment of rule 5

4. Rule 5 (2) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (a), and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(aa)

which is registered as a PU-registered vehicle; or”.

Amendment of rule 6

5. The principal Rules are amended by renumbering rule 6 as paragraph (1) of that rule, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(2) This rule shall not apply to any vehicle which is registered as a PU-registered vehicle on or before 1st February 2001.”.

Amendment of rule 7

6. Rule 7 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (10), the following paragraph:

“(11) This rule shall not apply to a PU-registered vehicle unless —

(a)	the vehicle was a new vehicle at the time it was registered as a PU-registered vehicle; and
(b)	it is kept or used in any place in Singapore outside Pulau Ubin.”.

Amendment of rule 15

7. Rule 15 (2) of the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (b); and

(b)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (c) and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraphs:

“(d)	in the case of PU-registered vehicles other than motor cycles and scooters, the identification mark shall conform to Diagrams 14 and 15 of that Schedule unless otherwise required by the Registrar; and
(e)	in the case of motor cycles and scooters which are registered as PU-registered vehicles, the identification mark shall conform to Diagrams 16 and 17 of that Schedule unless otherwise required by the Registrar.”.

Amendment of rule 36

8. Rule 36 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (9), the following paragraph:

“(10) This rule shall not apply to a PU-registered vehicle.”.

Amendment of rule 37

9. Rule 37 of the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (5), the following paragraph:

“(6) Subject to rule 38B (4), this rule shall not apply to a PU-registered vehicle.”.

New rule 38B

10. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 38A, the following rule:

“Licence for PU-registered vehicles

38B.—(1) The Registrar may, in his discretion, upon application in an approved form by the owner of a PU-registered vehicle, issue or renew a PU-registered vehicle licence.

(2) The issuance of a PU-registered vehicle licence shall be subject to —

(a)	the condition that the motor vehicle shall be kept and used only on Pulau Ubin; and
(b)	such other conditions as the Registrar may impose.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the fee payable for a licence issued under this rule shall be the appropriate fee specified in the Seventh Schedule.

(4) Where a PU-registered vehicle is kept or used outside Pulau Ubin in breach of the condition imposed under paragraph (2) —

(a)

the appropriate fee specified in the Sixth Schedule shall apply to a licence issued for that vehicle under this rule; and

(b)

the additional licence fee payable under rule 37 shall apply to a licence issued under this rule as if —

(i)	a reference to the base fee for a licence in that rule refers to the fee payable under sub-paragraph (a); and
(ii)	a reference to a licence in that rule refers to a licence issued under this rule.

(5) Every licence issued under this rule shall be valid for a period of one year or for such shorter period as the Registrar may think fit.

(6) The Registrar may, in his discretion, revoke a PU-registered vehicle licence upon the breach of any condition referred to in paragraph (2).”.

Amendment of First Schedule

11. Part I of the First Schedule to the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (5), the following paragraph:

“(6) The fee payable for the registration of a motor vehicle as a PU-registered vehicle shall be $140.”.

Amendment of Third Schedule

12. The Third Schedule to the principal Rules is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “Minister” in the second column relating to the index series “RU” in the first column and substituting the word “Registrar”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately below the index series “PA PC PD, etc.” in the first column, the following index series:

“

PU-registered vehicles.

”.

Amendment of Fourth Schedule

13. The Fourth Schedule to the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after Diagram No. 13, the following diagrams:

FORM DIAGRAM 14

FORM DIAGRAM 15

FORM DIAGRAM 16

FORM DIAGRAM 17

Amendment of Sixth Schedule

14. The Sixth Schedule to the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “Rules 36, 36A and 36B” in the 2nd line and substituting the words “Rules 36, 36A, 36B and 38B (4)”.

New Seventh Schedule

15. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after the Sixth Schedule, the following Schedule:

“THE SCHEDULE

Rule 38B(3)

Fee Payable for Pu-registered Vehicles

Description of vehicle

Fee payable yearly

1. Motor cycles and scooters

$25

2. Any other motor vehicles

$50.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 535/99; S226/2000; S 246/2000; S 261/2000; S 310/2000; S320/2000; S 430/2000; S 460/2000; S 600/2000]

Made this 3rd day of January 2001.

CHAN HENG LOON ALAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology,
Singapore.

[LTA/VT/91/243-1-1; AG/LEG/SL/276/97/13 Vol. 3]

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

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