16.—(1) Subject to these Rules, a certificate of entitlement issued in respect of a motor vehicle shall be in force from the date of its issue until the vehicle becomes 7 years old in the case of a taxi or a private hire car registered using a certificate of entitlement issued before 1st April 1998, or 10 years old in any other case.
(2) For the purposes of this rule, the age of a vehicle shall be reckoned from the date of its first registration in Singapore.