Renewal and restoration of certificates of entitlement
24.—(1)  Any person who is registered as the owner of a motor vehicle may, for the purpose of ensuring the continued registration of the vehicle upon the expiration of the certificate of entitlement relating to the vehicle, apply to the Registrar to renew the certificate of entitlement.
(2)  The Registrar may, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, renew a certificate of entitlement for a period of 5 or 10 years, commencing from the date of the renewal, or such other date as the Registrar may specify, except that where a certificate of entitlement is renewed for a period of 5 years, it shall not be further renewed on its expiry.
(2A)  Notwithstanding paragraph (2), where —
(a)the certificate of entitlement in respect of a motor car is renewed for a period of 5 years;
(b)the motor car is more than 30 years of age but not more than 35 years of age as at the date on which the renewal of the certificate of entitlement takes effect; and
(c)the Registrar has not, at any time before the renewal of the certificate of entitlement, renewed any certificate of entitlement in respect of that motor vehicle for a period of 5 years,
the Registrar may, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, permit the certificate of entitlement to be further renewed for a period of 10 years upon the re-registration of that motor car as a classic car under rule 33A of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing ) Rules (R 5).
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(2B)  For the purposes of paragraph (2A)(b), the age of the motor car shall be reckoned in accordance with rule 2(2) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules.
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(2C)  Where a certificate of entitlement is renewed for a period of 5 years and the motor car is not re-registered as a classic car at the end of the period of 5 years, the certificate of entitlement shall not be further renewed on its expiry.
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(3)  Subject to paragraph (3A), every application for the renewal of a certificate of entitlement may be made before its expiration or at any time not exceeding one month from its expiration and shall be accompanied by —
(a)the levy specified in the First Schedule; and
(b)the fee specified in the Second Schedule —
(i)where the application is made more than 14 days after the expiration of a certificate of entitlement that expires before 15th April 2002; or
(ii)where the application is made after the expiration of a certificate of entitlement that expires on or after 15th April 2002.
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(3A)  The Registrar may, in his discretion, extend the time for making an application under paragraph (3) after the expiration of the certificate of entitlement.
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(4)  A certificate of entitlement that is renewed before its expiry shall not have any residual value in respect of the period between the date of its renewal and the date on which it would otherwise expire.
(5)  Where an application for the renewal of a certificate of entitlement is made at a time after its expiration, the Registrar may renew the certificate of entitlement from the date of its expiration and the registration of the vehicle in relation to which the certificate of entitlement is renewed shall not be cancelled notwithstanding that no certificate of entitlement relating to the vehicle was in force between the time of the expiration of the certificate of entitlement and its renewal.
(6)  Where the registration of a taxi is cancelled under section 27 (1) (d) or (e) of the Act and the certificate of entitlement relating to the taxi is cancelled under rule 20, the person who is registered as the owner of the taxi may, for the purpose of applying for the registration of another taxi to replace the first-mentioned taxi, apply not later than 6 months from the date of such cancellation to the Registrar to restore the certificate of entitlement.
(7)  Every application for the restoration of a certificate of entitlement under paragraph (6) shall be accompanied by the levy specified in the First Schedule.
(8)  The Registrar may, upon receipt of an application made under paragraph (6) and the prescribed levy, restore a certificate of entitlement for a period of 8 years commencing from the date of its restoration.
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(9)  Where payment or part payment of any fee or levy referred to in paragraph (3) or (7) is made in a form other than by cash, nothing in this rule shall require the Registrar to renew or restore a certificate of entitlement, as the case may be, until the payment has been honoured or otherwise effected.
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(10)  For the purposes of this rule, where —
(a)an application has been made to renew or restore a certificate of entitlement;
(b)payment or part payment of any fee or levy referred to in paragraph (3) or (7) is made in a form other than by cash; and
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(c)the payment is subsequently dishonoured or otherwise not effected,
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an administrative fee of $20 shall be payable in respect of the application.
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(11)  The Registrar may waive, in whole or in part, the fee payable under paragraph (3)(b) or (10).
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