No. S 813
Road Traffic Act
(Chapter 276)
Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) (Amendment No. 7) Rules 2004
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. 7) Rules 2004 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2005.
Amendment of rule 8
2.  Rule 8 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5, 2004 Ed.) is amended —
(a)by deleting sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (15) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
(c)who is the registered owner of an old vehicle where —
(i)the vehicle has been insured under a policy of insurance effected on or after 1st April 1994;
(ii)the vehicle has been reported to the police, on or after that date, to be lost through theft; and
(iii)at the time of the application, a period of more than 3 months has lapsed since the date of such report,”;
(b)by deleting sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (15) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
(ii)in the case of an old vehicle —
(A)which is not a taxi, it was not more than 10 years old at the time it was reported lost; or
(B)which is a taxi, it was not more than 8 years old at the time it was reported lost;”; and
(c)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (15), the following paragraphs:
(15A)  Paragraph (4)(c)(ii), (e), (g) and (h)(ii) shall not apply to an applicant who is the registered owner of an old vehicle where —
(a)the old vehicle has been reported to the police, on or after 1st January 2005, to be lost through criminal breach of trust; and
(b)at the time of the application, a period of more than 3 years has lapsed since the date of such report,
if —
(i)in the case of an old vehicle —
(A)which is not a taxi, it was not more than 10 years old at the time it was reported lost; or
(B)which is a taxi, it was not more than 8 years old at the time it was reported lost;
(ii)the vehicle in respect of which the application is made will be registered in the name of the applicant within 12 months of the Registrar’s approval under paragraph (4) or within such further period as the Registrar may approve;
(iii)the applicant undertakes to abandon free of all expenses the old vehicle to the Government, or scrap or export it, within 6 months of its recovery, if it is subsequently recovered; and
(iv)the applicant undertakes to pay to the Government a sum equal to the amount of the rebate granted under this rule for the registration of the vehicle in respect of which the application is made if he fails to comply with sub-paragraph (iii).
(15B)  Paragraph (4)(c)(ii), (e), (g) and (h)(ii) shall not apply to an applicant who is the registered owner of an old vehicle which is seized, on or after 1st January 2005, by any authority under any written law where —
(a)the vehicle —
(i)has been scrapped or exported upon its release by the authority within such time as the Registrar may, in any particular case, permit; or
(ii)has been forfeited to the Government or the authority pursuant to an order of court and the Registrar is satisfied that it will be scrapped or exported after its forfeiture;
(b)in the case of an old vehicle —
(i)which is not a taxi, it was not more than 10 years old at the time it was seized; or
(ii)which is a taxi, it was not more than 8 years old at the time it was seized; and
(c)the vehicle in respect of which the application is made will be registered in the name of the applicant within 12 months of the Registrar’s approval under paragraph (4) or within such further period as the Registrar may approve.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 812/2004]

Made this 29th day of December 2004.

PETER ONG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Transport,
Singapore.
[LTA/EK/L017.00; MOT.LT.271.6.09.0.9; AG/LEG/SL/276/2002/6 Vol. 5]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 141(1) of the Road Traffic Act).