Road Traffic Act
(CHAPTER 276, Section 142)
Road Traffic (Keeping of De-registered Vehicles in Designated Areas and Approved Areas) (Exemption) Order
O 19
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.
[S 39/2007 wef 26/01/2007]
Definitions
2.  In this Order —
“alternative area” means an area permitted by the Registrar for the keeping of de-registered vehicles under rule 34A(3A) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5);
[S 278/2009 wef 22/06/2009]
“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);
[S 39/2007 wef 26/01/2007]
“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 any person who keeps a de-registered vehicle in a designated area or an alternative area, or who is in possession of such a vehicle, with the approval of the Registrar under rule 34A of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) to keep the vehicle in the designated area or alternative area.
[S 278/2009 wef 22/06/2009]
(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.
[S 39/2007 wef 26/01/2007]
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, or the person in possession, of a de-registered vehicle kept in a designated area or an alternative area with the approval of the Registrar under rule 34A of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules shall, at or within the following times, produce proof to the satisfaction of the Registrar that the vehicle has been exported, scrapped or permanently removed from all roads in Singapore:
(a)immediately at the end of the 6-month period referred to in paragraph (2) of that rule or, if any extension or extensions have been granted by the Registrar under paragraph (3B) or (3D) of that rule, as the case may be, immediately at the end of the period of the last of such extensions;
(b)where the vehicle has been removed from the designated area or alternative area pursuant to paragraph (4) of that rule and will not be moved into another designated area or alternative area pursuant to paragraph (5) of that rule, within 7 days from the date of the removal; or
(c)where the Registrar notifies him that the approval granted under that rule has been revoked, within 3 days from the date of the notification or such longer period as the Registrar may in his discretion allow.
[S 278/2009 wef 22/06/2009]
(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, scrapped or permanently removed from all roads in Singapore.
[S 39/2007 wef 26/01/2007]
[S 278/2009 wef 22/06/2009]
[G.N. Nos. S 87/2003; S 466/2004]