Road Traffic (Keeping of De-registered Vehicles in Designated Areas and Approved Areas) (Exemption) Order

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Road Traffic Act

(Chapter 276, Section 142)

Road Traffic (Keeping of De-registered Vehicles in Designated Areas and Approved Areas) (Exemption) Order

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G.N. No. S 87/2003

REVISED EDITION 2004

(31st December 2004)

[24th February 2003]

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Keeping of De-registered Vehicles in Designated Areas and Approved Areas) (Exemption) Order.

Definitions

2. In this Order —

“approved area” means a private area or compound approved by the Registrar for the keeping of de-registered vehicles under rule 34B of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5);

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“de-registered vehicle” means a vehicle the registration of which has been cancelled;

“designated area” means an area designated by the Registrar for the keeping of de-registered vehicles under rule 34A(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5).

Exemption from sections 10 (1) and 29 (1) of Act

3.—(1) Subject to such conditions as the Registrar may impose, sections 10(1) and 29(1) of the Act shall not apply to the keeping or possession of a de-registered vehicle in a designated area —

(a)

for a period of 12 months from the date on which registration of the vehicle is cancelled if such keeping or possession in the designated area has been approved by the Registrar under rule 34A of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) and the approval has not been revoked; or

(b)

where an application is made under rule 34A(2) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules on or after 2nd August 2004, for a period of 6 months from the date on which registration of the vehicle is cancelled and during any extension of that period under rule 34A (2A) of those Rules, if such keeping or possession in the designated area has been approved by the Registrar under rule 34A of those Rules and the approval has not been revoked.

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(2) Subject to such conditions as the Registrar may impose, sections 10(1) and 29(1) of the Act shall not apply to any person who keeps a de-registered vehicle in an approved area with the approval of the Registrar to do so under rule 34B of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules and that approval is in force.

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Exemption from section 27 (2) of Act

4.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), section 27(2) of the Act shall not apply to any person who keeps a de-registered vehicle in any designated area or approved area if that person has obtained the approval of the Registrar to do so under rule 34A or 34B of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules, as the case may be, and the approval has not expired or been revoked.

(2) Unless the Registrar permits otherwise, the registered owner of or the person in possession of a de-registered vehicle kept in a designated area with the approval of the Registrar under rule 34A of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules shall —

(a)	within 12 months from the date on which registration of the vehicle is cancelled;
(b)	where an application is made under rule 34A(2) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules on or after 2nd August 2004, within 6 months from the date on which registration of the vehicle is cancelled and any extension of that period under rule 34A (2A) of those Rules;
(c)	within 7 days from the date the vehicle is moved out of the designated area; or
(d)	within 3 days of the Registrar notifying him that the approval granted under rule 34A of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules has been revoked, or such longer period as the Registrar may in his discretion allow,

whichever is the earliest, produce proof to the satisfaction of the Registrar that the vehicle has been exported or scrapped.

(3) Unless the Registrar permits otherwise —

(a)	the registered owner of or person in possession of a de-registered vehicle kept in an approved area with the approval of the Registrar under rule 34B of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules; or
(b)	where the person referred to in sub-paragraph (a) has died or, in the case of a company or corporation, has been dissolved, the personal representative of the estate of the deceased individual or the liquidator or official receiver of the dissolved company or corporation (as the case may be),

shall, within 7 days from the expiry or revocation of the approval granted under rule 34B of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules or within such longer period as the Registrar may in his discretion allow, produce proof to the satisfaction of the Registrar that the vehicle has been exported or scrapped.

[S 39/2007 wef 26/01/2007]

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