Application for certificates of entitlement for certain commercial vehicles
9C.—(1) Where any vehicle which falls within the category of vehicles referred to in rule 3(1)(c) and which complies with the requirements set out in paragraph (2) (referred to in this rule as the replaced vehicle) is to be replaced with any other vehicle which falls within the same category of vehicles and which complies with the requirements set out in paragraph (3) (referred to in this rule as the replacement vehicle), every application for a certificate of entitlement for the purpose of registering the replacement vehicle must be made in accordance with this rule.
(2) The requirements in relation to a replaced vehicle referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
(a)
the replaced vehicle is not a vehicle to which the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) Order (O 5) applies;
(b)
the replaced vehicle is a diesel-CNG vehicle, a diesel-electric vehicle, or a vehicle which uses diesel exclusively as its source of power, and which vehicle continues to be so registered immediately prior to its de-registration;
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(c)
the replaced vehicle —
(i)
is registered during the period from 1 January 2001 to 30 September 2006 (both dates inclusive) and deregistered during the period from 1 August 2017 to 31 July 2019 (both dates inclusive); or
(ii)
complies with the Euro II standard or the Euro III standard (but not any higher standard) and is deregistered during the period from 1 August 2017 to 31 July 2019 (both dates inclusive);
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(d)
at the time immediately prior to the de-registration of the replaced vehicle, the registration of the replaced vehicle is not temporarily transferred under rule 25(4) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5);
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(e)
on the date of the de-registration of the replaced vehicle, either the replaced vehicle is less than 20 years old or the certificate of entitlement in respect of the replaced vehicle has not been cancelled or has not expired; and
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(f)
the replaced vehicle is destroyed or removed from Singapore before the date of registration of the replacement vehicle.
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(3) The requirements in relation to a replacement vehicle referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
(a)
the replacement vehicle is not a vehicle to which the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) Order applies;
(b)
the replacement vehicle —
(i)
if it is registered as a diesel-CNG vehicle, a diesel-electric vehicle or a vehicle which uses diesel exclusively as its source of power, complies with any of the standards for exhaust emission specified in the Third Schedule for the class of motor vehicle to which the replacement vehicle belongs; or
(ii)
if it is registered as a CNG vehicle, a petrol-CNG vehicle, a petrol-electric vehicle or a vehicle which uses petrol exclusively as its source of power, complies with any of the standards for exhaust emission specified in the Fourth Schedule for the class of motor vehicle to which the replacement vehicle belongs;
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(c)
the applicant for the certificate of entitlement in respect of the replacement vehicle and the registered owner of the replaced vehicle are the same, unless the Registrar otherwise allows; and
(d)
the replacement vehicle is registered no later than one month after the de-registration of the replaced vehicle, or such other period as the Registrar may approve in any particular case.
(4) Any application under this rule for a certificate of entitlement for a replacement vehicle must be accompanied by an amount of quota premium equal to the higher of the following amounts:
(a)
10% of the average of the quota premiums payable for certificates of entitlement issued during the 3 months immediately preceding the date of registration of the replacement vehicle for the category of vehicles specified in rule 3(1)(c);
(b)
an amount determined in accordance with the following formula:
where A
is the period reckoned in months (including any part of a month) for which the certificate of entitlement of the replaced vehicle would be in force if it was not cancelled;
B
is the period reckoned in months (including any part of a month) commencing on the date of issue of the certificate of entitlement for the replaced vehicle and ending on the date of its cancellation;
C
is the period reckoned in months (including any part of a month) commencing on the date of the replaced vehicle’s first registration in Singapore (if it had not been registered outside Singapore) or the date of its first registration in a country or place outside Singapore, and ending on the date of its deregistration in Singapore, but not exceeding 240 months;
D
is —
(i)
where the maximum laden weight of the replaced vehicle does not exceed 3.5 metric tons, 35%; and
(ii)
where the maximum laden weight of the replaced vehicle exceeds 3.5 metric tons, 100%; and
E
is the average of the quota premiums payable for certificates of entitlement issued during the 3 months immediately preceding the date of registration of the replacement vehicle for the category of vehicles specified in rule 3(1)(c).