No. S 769
Road Traffic Act
(CHAPTER 276)
Road Traffic
(Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing)
(Amendment No. 8) Rules 2013
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34 and 140 of the Road Traffic Act, the Minister for Transport hereby makes the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 8) Rules 2013 and shall come into operation on 20th December 2013.
Amendment of rule 2
2.  Rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) is amended by inserting, immediately after the definition of “light goods vehicle”, the following definition:
“ “maximum power output” means —
(a)in the case of a conventional vehicle or an electric vehicle, the maximum power output, expressed in kilowatts (kW), of the vehicle’s internal combustion engines or electric traction motors, as the case may be;
(b)in the case of a diesel‑CNG vehicle or a petrol‑CNG vehicle, the higher of the maximum power output, expressed in kilowatts (kW), of the vehicle using either of its sources of power; or
(c)in the case of a diesel‑electric vehicle or a petrol‑electric vehicle, the peak aggregate power output, expressed in kilowatts (kW), of the vehicle using both of its sources of power simultaneously;”.
Amendment of rule 3D
3.  Rule 3D(7A) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules is amended —
(a)by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub‑paragraph (d); and
(b)by deleting the full‑stop at the end of sub‑paragraph (e) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:
(f)the motor vehicle has been modified or retrofitted to operate on a maximum power output that is lower than the maximum power output of the motor vehicle when it was manufactured and as stated in the information or documents submitted by the applicant to the Registrar under paragraph (4).”.
[G.N. Nos. S 812/2004; S 813/2004; S 226/2005; S 248/2005; S 398/2005; S 540/2005; S 90/2006; S 125/2006; S 476/2006; S 505/2006; S 38/2007; S 116/2007; S 202/2007; S 365/2007; S 467/2007; S 608/2007; S 610/2007; S 739/2007; S 105/2008; S 289/2008; S 311/2008; S 429/2008; S 502/2008; S 519/2008; S 151/2009; S 205/2009; S 225/2009; S 279/2009; S 318/2009; S 330/2009; S 510/2009; S 511/2009; S 34/2010; S 356/2010; S 519/2010; S 336/2011; S 640/2011; S 66/2012; S 144/2012; S 277/2012; S 311/2012; S 365/2012; S 436/2012; S 437/2012; S 456/2012; S 651/2012; S 99/2013; S 131/2013; S 154/2013; S 257/2013; S 304/2013; S 388/2013; S 554/2013]
Made this 19th day of December 2013.
BEH SWAN GIN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.
[LTA/RTA/ZI/MR/RT(MVRL)No.8/Rules 2013; AG/LLRD/SL/276/2010/17 Vol. 6]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).