Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2024

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 01 Aug 2024

No. S 645

Road Traffic Act 1961

Road Traffic
(Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing)
(Amendment No. 4) Rules 2024

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 2024 and come into operation on 2 August 2024.

Amendment of rule 8

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

(a)

in paragraph (15)(c)(i), after “a specified Comfort taxi”, insert “, a specified Comfort or CityCab diesel taxi, a specified hybrid taxi”;

(b)

in paragraph (15)(c)(ii), delete “or” at the end;

(c)

in paragraph (15)(c), after sub-paragraph (ii), insert —

“(iia)

if the old vehicle was a specified Comfort or CityCab diesel taxi —

(A)

the old vehicle was not more than 8 years old; or

(B)

the old vehicle was more than 8 years old, but 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 2024 (G.N. No. S 196/2024) or rule 3 of the Road Traffic (Renewal of Certificates of Entitlement for Specified Taxis) (No. 2) Rules 2024 (G.N. No. S 222/2024) in respect of the old vehicle had not expired;

(iib)

if the old vehicle was a specified hybrid taxi —

(A)

the old vehicle was not more than 8 years old; or

(B)

the old vehicle was more than 8 years old, but 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) (No. 2) Rules 2024 or rule 3 of the Road Traffic (Renewal of Certificates of Entitlement for Specified Taxis) (No. 3) Rules 2024 (G.N. No. S 368/2024) in respect of the old vehicle had not expired; or”;

(d)

in paragraph (15A)(b)(i), after “a specified Comfort taxi”, insert “, a specified Comfort or CityCab diesel taxi, a specified hybrid taxi”;

(e)

in paragraph (15A)(b)(ii), delete “or” at the end;

(f)

in paragraph (15A)(b), after sub-paragraph (ii), insert —

“(iia)

if the old vehicle was a specified Comfort or CityCab diesel taxi —

(A)	the old vehicle was not more than 8 years old; or
(B)	the old vehicle was more than 8 years old, but 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 2024 or rule 3 of the Road Traffic (Renewal of Certificates of Entitlement for Specified Taxis) (No. 2) Rules 2024 in respect of the old vehicle had not expired;

(iib)

if the old vehicle was a specified hybrid taxi —

(A)	the old vehicle was not more than 8 years old; or
(B)	the old vehicle was more than 8 years old, but 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) (No. 2) Rules 2024 or rule 3 of the Road Traffic (Renewal of Certificates of Entitlement for Specified Taxis) (No. 3) Rules 2024 in respect of the old vehicle had not expired; or”;

(g)

in paragraph (16), after the definition of “certificate of entitlement”, insert —

“ “specified Comfort or CityCab diesel taxi” means a taxi specified in —

(a)	the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Renewal of Certificates of Entitlement for Specified Taxis) Rules 2024; or
(b)	in Part 1 or 2 of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Renewal of Certificates of Entitlement for Specified Taxis) (No. 2) Rules 2024;”; and

(h)

in paragraph (16), after the definition of “specified Comfort taxi”, insert —

“ “specified hybrid taxi” means a taxi specified in —

(a)	Part 3, 4 or 5 of the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Renewal of Certificates of Entitlement for Specified Taxis) (No. 2) Rules 2024; or
(b)	the Schedule to the Road Traffic (Renewal of Certificates of Entitlement for Specified Taxis) (No. 3) Rules 2024;”.

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 COMFORT TAXIS OR SPECIFIED TAXIS)”, after “SPECIFIED COMFORT TAXIS”, insert “, SPECIFIED COMFORT OR CITYCAB DIESEL TAXIS, SPECIFIED HYBRID TAXIS”;

(b)

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

“rebate for de-registration of
old vehicles THAT are specified
comfort OR CITYCAB DIESEL 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

Nil

rebate for de-registration of
old vehicles THAT are
specified HYBRID 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%

(7)	Exceeding 10 years

Nil

”; and

(c)

replace the Note with “In this Part, “specified Comfort or CityCab diesel taxi”, “specified Comfort taxi”, “specified hybrid 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; S 597/2023; S 932/2023; S 12/2024; S 90/2024; S 231/2024]

Made on 31 July 2024.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

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

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

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