Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 7) Rules 2017

No. S 777

Road Traffic Act

(CHAPTER 276)

Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles,
Registration and Licensing)
(Amendment No. 7) Rules 2017

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 4 and 140 of the Road Traffic Act, 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. 7) Rules 2017 and come into operation on 1 January 2018.

Amendment of rule 3D

2. Rule 3D of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Rules (R 5) (called in these Rules the principal Rules) is amended —

(a)	by inserting, immediately after the words “fuel economy” in paragraph (4)(aa), the words “and vehicular emissions”; and
(b)	by deleting the words “carbon dioxide emissions” wherever they appear in paragraph (7A)(b) and (c) and substituting in each case the words “vehicular emissions”.

Amendment of rule 4A

3. Rule 4A of the principal Rules is amended by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(b)

does not have recorded in the register of vehicles maintained by the Registrar under rule 12 —

(i)	for a vehicle registered before 1 January 2018, its carbon dioxide emission value; and
(ii)	for a vehicle registered on or after 1 January 2018, its vehicular emission values,”.

Amendment of rule 9C

4. Rule 9C(1) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “1st January 2013” in sub‑paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting in each case the words “1 January 2013 but before 1 January 2018”.

New rule 10

5. The principal Rules are amended by inserting, immediately after rule 9C, the following rule:

“Vehicular emissions rebate for new or secondhand car or taxi registered on or after 1 January 2018

10.—(1) Subject to rule 8 —

(a)

where —

(i)	a new or secondhand vehicle is to be first registered in Singapore on or after 1 January 2018 as a motor car (other than a taxi); or
(ii)	a new vehicle is to be registered in Singapore on or after 1 January 2018 as a taxi; and

(b)

each prescribed vehicular emission from the vehicle has a vehicular emission level that is in Band A1 or Band A2 for that emission,

then the registered owner of the vehicle may apply to the Registrar for a rebate on the fee payable under rule 7(1)(a) in respect of the vehicle.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), the amount of the rebate which the Registrar may grant upon an application under paragraph (1) is as follows:

(a)

where the emission level of any of the prescribed vehicular emissions from the vehicle falls within Band A2 for that emission —

(i)	for a vehicle first registered as a motor car other than a taxi, $10,000; and
(ii)	for a vehicle first registered as a taxi, $15,000;

(b)

where none of the emission levels of any of the prescribed vehicular emissions from the vehicle fall within Band A2 for that emission —

(i)	for a vehicle first registered as a motor car other than a taxi, $20,000; and
(ii)	for a vehicle first registered as a taxi, $30,000.

(3) In the case of a secondhand vehicle, any rebate granted under paragraph (2) must not be used to offset the sum of $10,000 payable under rule 7(1A) at the time of its first registration in Singapore.

(4) In granting an application under paragraph (1), the Registrar may impose such conditions as he thinks fit.

(5) The Registrar must not grant an application under paragraph (1) unless he is satisfied —

(a)	that the vehicle was originally constructed by a manufacturer approved by the Registrar; or
(b)	where the vehicle was originally constructed by its manufacturer but has been modified or retrofitted to operate on multiple power sources, either separately or simultaneously, that the vehicle is safe for use on the roads and satisfies such exhaust emission criteria that is acceptable to the Registrar.

(6) Where the amount of fee payable under rule 7(1)(a) is less than $5,000 after the rebate under paragraph (2) is granted, the minimum amount of fee payable under rule 7(1)(a) is $5,000.

(7) Where the amount of rebate allowable under paragraph (2) exceeds the fee payable under rule 7, the excess amount of the rebate is forfeited.

(8) In this rule —

“Band A1”, in relation to any prescribed vehicular emission, means the range of emission levels that is specified under Band A1 for such emission in Part III of the First Schedule;

“Band A2”, in relation to any prescribed vehicular emission, means the range of emission levels that is specified under Band A2 for such emission in Part III of the First Schedule;

“emission level”, in relation to any prescribed vehicular emission, means the quantity of that prescribed vehicular emission expressed in the unit of measurement specified in Part III of the First Schedule for that prescribed vehicular emission;

“prescribed vehicular emission” means any prescribed vehicular emission described as such in Part III of the First Schedule.”.

Amendment of rule 67

6. Rule 67(1) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (d) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(d)	any carbon emission tax payable under section 11AA of the Act as in force immediately before 1 January 2018, or any vehicular emission tax payable under that section as in force on that date,”.

Amendment of First Schedule

7. The First Schedule to the principal Rules is amended by inserting, immediately after Part IIC, the following Part:

“Part III

Rule 10

EMISSION BANDS FOR PRESCRIBED VEHICULAR EMISSIONS

Prescribed vehicular emission

Unit of measurement of emission level

Band A1

Band A2

Band B (neutral emission band)

Carbon dioxide (CO₂)

g/km

A1 ≤ 90

90 < A2 ≤ 125

125 < B ≤ 160

Carbon monoxide (CO)

g/km

A1 ≤ 0.150

0.150 < A2 ≤ 0.190

0.190 < B ≤ 0.270

Hydrocarbons (HC)

g/km

A1 ≤ 0.020

0.020 < A2 ≤ 0.036

0.036 < B ≤ 0.052

Oxides of nitrogen (NO_x)

g/km

A1 ≤ 0.007

0.007 < A2 ≤ 0.013

0.013 < B ≤ 0.024

”.

[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]

Made on 27 December 2017.

LOH NGAI SENG

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.

[MOT.LT.433.5.034.0.10; AG/LEGIS/SL/276/2015/6 Vol. 4]

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

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