Pre-requisite for and restrictions against taking test of competence to drive Class 4, 4A or 5 vehicle
16.—(1) Any person desiring to submit himself for a test of competence to drive —
(a)
a Class 4 or Class 4A vehicle shall satisfy the Deputy Commissioner of Police that he is competent to drive a Class 3 or 3C vehicle; and
[S 335/2015 wef 01/06/2015]
(b)
a Class 5 vehicle shall satisfy the Deputy Commissioner of Police that he is competent to drive a Class 4 vehicle.
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), a person shall not be allowed to apply for or take a test of competence to drive a Class 4, 4A or 5 vehicle if —
(a)
as the holder of a driving licence of any other class, he has accumulated more than 12 demerit points as at the date of his application to take the test of competence or the date of his test; or
(b)
as a new driver, he has, before the date of his application to take the test of competence or the date of his test, committed on 2 or more occasions the offence under rule 5(4) of the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Rules (R 32) of failing to display the distinguishing mark during his period of probation, whether or not he has been charged with or convicted of that offence arising from any of the occasions on which he committed such offence.
[S 646/2010 wef 01/11/2010]
(3) The Deputy Commissioner of Police may, in his discretion, waive all or any of the requirements of this rule.