Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2022

No. S 740

Road Traffic Act 1961

Road Traffic
(Motor Vehicles, Quota System)
(Amendment No. 3) Rules 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10A(4) 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, Quota System) (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2022 and come into operation on 15 September 2022.

Amendment of rule 14

2. In rule 14 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) —

(a)	in paragraph (1)(c), insert “or” at the end;
(b)	in paragraph (1), delete sub‑paragraph (d);
(c)	in paragraph (1A)(b), insert “or” at the end; and
(d)	in paragraph (1A), delete sub‑paragraph (d).

Amendment of rule 16

3. In rule 16(1) of the principal Rules —

(a)

in sub‑paragraph (a), after “a taxi”, insert “which is not an electric car”; and

(b)

after sub-paragraph (a), insert —

“(aa)

in the case of a taxi which is an electric car, the taxi —

(i)

becomes 8 years old if the taxi is registered before 15 September 2022 and sub‑paragraph (ii) does not apply;

(ii)

becomes 10 years old if the taxi is registered before 15 September 2022 and —

(A)	its registered owner applies in writing to the Authority under rule 24BA to use or keep the taxi for 10 years; and
(B)	an additional levy in respect of the taxi has been paid under rule 24BA; or

(iii)

becomes 10 years old if the taxi is registered on or after 15 September 2022;”.

Amendment of rule 24

4. In rule 24 of the principal Rules —

(a)

in paragraph (6), after the words “another taxi”, insert “(called in these Rules a replacement taxi)”; and

(b)

replace paragraph (8) with —

“(8) The Registrar may, upon receipt of an application made under paragraph (6) and the prescribed levy, restore a certificate of entitlement for the following period, starting on the date of its restoration:

(a)	if the replacement taxi is an electric car registered on or after 15 September 2022 — 10 years;
(b)	in any other case — 8 years.”.

New rule 24BA

5. In the principal Rules, after rule 24B, insert —

“Additional levy payable to extend term of certificates of entitlement for taxis which are electric cars registered before 15 September 2022

24BA.—(1) The owner of a taxi (other than a replacement taxi) which is an electric car registered before 15 September 2022 may apply in writing to the Authority before that date, or a later date that the Registrar may allow, to use or keep the taxi for 10 years.

(2) Where an application is made under paragraph (1), an additional levy is payable by the owner before 15 October 2022, or a later date that the Authority may allow, for the extension of the certificate of entitlement of the taxi.

(3) The additional levy is the difference between the average of the quota premiums payable for certificates of entitlement in relation to the category of vehicle specified in rule 3(1)(a) issued during the 3 months immediately preceding the registration of the taxi and the quota premium paid under paragraph (1)(bb) of the First Schedule when the taxi was registered.

(4) The owner of a replacement taxi which is an electric car registered before 15 September 2022 may apply in writing to the Authority before that date, or a later date that the Registrar may allow, to use or keep the taxi for 10 years.

(5) Where an application is made under paragraph (4), an additional levy is payable by the owner before 15 October 2022, or a later date that the Authority may allow, for the extension of the certificate of entitlement of the replacement taxi.

(6) The additional levy is the difference between the average of the quota premiums payable for certificates of entitlement in relation to the category of vehicle specified in rule 3(1)(a) issued during the 3 months immediately before the restoration of the certificate of entitlement of the replacement taxi and the levy paid under paragraph (1)(ba) of the First Schedule when the replacement taxi was registered.

(7) For the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (6), the average of the quota premiums payable for certificates of entitlement for any month in relation to a category of vehicle is calculated in accordance with paragraph (2) of the First Schedule.

(8) Where payment or part payment of the additional levy is made in a form other than by cash, nothing in this rule requires the Registrar to extend the term of the certificate of entitlement until the payment has been honoured or otherwise effected.”.

Amendment of First Schedule

6. In the First Schedule to the principal Rules —

(a)

in the Schedule reference, after “24B(4) and (5)”, insert “, 24BA(3), (6) and (7)”;

(b)

in paragraph (1)(ba), replace “1st September 2003” with “1 September 2003 (other than a replacement taxi mentioned in sub‑paragraph (bc))”;

(c)

in paragraph (1)(bb), after “rule 9B”, insert “(other than a taxi mentioned in sub‑paragraph (bd))”; and

(d)

in paragraph (1), after sub‑paragraph (bb), insert —

“(bc)	in the case of a replacement taxi which is an electric car registered on or after 15 September 2022, the average of the quota premiums payable for certificates of entitlement in relation to the category of vehicle specified in rule 3(1)(a) issued during the 3 months immediately preceding the restoration of the certificate of entitlement;
(bd)	in the case of a taxi which is an electric car registered on or after 15 September 2022 with a certificate of entitlement issued pursuant to an application under rule 9B, the average of the quota premiums payable for certificates of entitlement in relation to the category of vehicle specified in rule 3(1)(a) issued during the 3 months immediately preceding the registration of the taxi;”.

[G.N. Nos. S 311/2000; S 431/2000; S 602/2000; S 8/2001; S 206/2001; S 290/2001; S 337/2001; S 361/2001; S 482/2001; S 48/2002; S 169/2002; S 383/2002; S 12/2003; S 426/2003; S 525/2003; S 464/2004; S 808/2004; S 272/2005; S 124/2006; S 475/2006; S 137/2008; S 290/2008; S 430/2008; S 357/2010; S 366/2012; S 378/2012; S 435/2012; S 652/2012; S 129/2013; S 142/2013; S 258/2013; S 800/2013; S 48/2014; S 172/2014; S 507/2014; S 465/2015; S 201/2016; S 278/2016; S 214/2017; S 421/2017; S 699/2017; S 524/2018; S 766/2018; S 880/2018; S 251/2019; S 469/2019; S 355/2020; S 497/2020; S 908/2020; S 213/2021; S 1011/2021; S 1055/2021; S 340/2022; S 667/2022]

Made on 12 September 2022.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.396.1.01.2.3; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2020/19 Vol. 2]

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

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