PART III | APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF ENTITLEMENT |
| 6. The Registrar may from time to time during any quota period by public notice invite bids for certificates of entitlement for motor vehicles in any category of motor vehicle, except classic vehicles, revised use vintage vehicles, taxis, any replacement vehicle referred to in rule 9C and any electric car referred to in rule 9D. [S 378/2012 wef 06/08/2012] [S 258/2013 wef 24/04/2013] [S 48/2014 wef 03/02/2014] [S 278/2016 wef 20/06/2016] |
7.—(1) Every application pursuant to a public notice shall be lodged electronically with such bank and in such manner as may be specified by the Registrar.| (2) Every application shall be accompanied by a deposit in such form and of such an amount expressed in the application as the Registrar may require. |
| (2A) Every application shall state the proposal amount, not being less than $1, offered by the applicant. [S 290/2001 wef 01/06/2001] |
| (3) All applications shall be made in accordance with these Rules and such additional instructions as may be issued by the Registrar. |
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| Single and multiple applications |
8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall submit more than one application pursuant to a public notice.| (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an applicant which is a company. |
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9.—(1) No application shall be withdrawn after it has been received electronically by the bank.| (2) Any application made electronically pursuant to a public notice received at a bank after such time and date as may be specified in the public notice shall be disregarded. |
| (3) Applications may be received electronically at a bank during such times as may be specified in the public notice. |
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| Application to increase proposal amount |
9A.—(1) Any person who has made an application for a certificate of entitlement during any period specified in the public notice as an open bidding period may apply to increase the proposal amount at any time before the end of such period.| (2) An application to increase the proposal amount (referred to in this rule as the relevant application) shall be made in such manner as the Registrar may determine. |
(3) The Registrar may, in his discretion —| (a) | impose a fee, of such an amount as he may determine, for a relevant application; and | | (b) | deduct the fee for a relevant application from the deposit paid by the applicant under rule 7(2). |
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| (4) A relevant application made in respect of any application for a certificate of entitlement shall be treated as valid if it has been authenticated with an authentication code issued to the applicant, or with a personal identification number issued by the bank with which the relevant application is lodged, or with both, as the Registrar may require. |
| (5) The Registrar may reject any relevant application without assigning any reason. [S 290/2001 wef 01/06/2001] |
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| Application for certificates of entitlement for taxis |
9B.—(1) Every application for a certificate of entitlement for the purpose of registering a motor vehicle as a taxi (except a replacement taxi) must be made in accordance with this rule.(2) Any application for a certificate of entitlement for the purpose of registering a motor vehicle as a taxi (except a replacement taxi) —| (a) | must be made by a holder of a street-hail service licence or a private individual; and [S 908/2020 wef 30/10/2020] | | (b) | must be accompanied by such amount of quota premium as is specified in the First Schedule for taxis. [S 378/2012 wef 06/08/2012] |
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| 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; [S 465/2015 wef 01/08/2015] | | (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 March 2021 (both dates inclusive); [S 469/2019 wef 01/07/2019] [S 497/2020 wef 01/08/2020] [S 213/2021 wef 01/04/2021] | | (ia) | is registered during the period from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2013 (both dates inclusive) and deregistered during the period from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2023 (both dates inclusive); or [S 213/2021 wef 01/04/2021] | | (ii) | complies with the Euro II standard, Euro III standard or Euro IV standard (but not any higher standard) and is deregistered during the period from 1 August 2017 to 31 March 2023 (both dates inclusive); [S 421/2017 wef 01/08/2017] [S 469/2019 wef 01/07/2019] [S 497/2020 wef 01/08/2020] [S 213/2021 wef 01/04/2021] |
| | (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); [S 172/2014 wef 12/03/2014] | | (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 [S 172/2014 wef 12/03/2014] | | (f) | the replaced vehicle is destroyed or removed from Singapore before the date of registration of the replacement vehicle. [S 172/2014 wef 12/03/2014] |
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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; [S 421/2017 wef 01/08/2017] |
| | (ba) | the replacement vehicle is not a light commercial vehicle mentioned in rule 3(3) of the Road Traffic (Vehicular Emissions Tax) Rules 2017 (G.N. No. S 776/2017); [S 213/2021 wef 01/04/2021] | | (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. |
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(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: |
| | 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; |
| | | 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; |
| | | 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; |
| | | is the number determined in accordance with paragraph (5); and |
| | | 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). |
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[S 213/2021 wef 01/04/2021] [S 421/2017 wef 01/08/2017] |
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(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(b), D is —| (a) | for a replaced vehicle that has a maximum laden weight not exceeding 3,500 kilograms —| (i) | in a case where the replaced vehicle complies with the Euro II standard or Euro III standard (but not any higher standard) or is first registered under the Act during the period from 1 January 2001 to 30 September 2006 (both dates inclusive) — 45%; and | | (ii) | in any other case — 20%; or |
| | (b) | for a replaced vehicle that has a maximum laden weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms —| (i) | in a case where the replaced vehicle complies with the Euro II standard or Euro III standard (but not any higher standard) or is first registered under the Act during the period from 1 January 2001 to 30 September 2006 (both dates inclusive) —| (A) | if the replacement vehicle has a maximum laden weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms and does not produce, as exhaust, any gaseous emissions of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons or particulate pollutants — 100%; and | | (B) | if the replacement vehicle is not a vehicle mentioned in sub-paragraph (A) — 80%; and |
| | (ii) | in any other case —| (A) | if the replacement vehicle has a maximum laden weight exceeding 3,500 kilograms and does not produce, as exhaust, any gaseous emissions of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons or particulate pollutants — 80%; and | | (B) | if the replacement vehicle is not a vehicle mentioned in sub-paragraph (A) — 40%. |
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[S 213/2021 wef 01/04/2021] |
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| Application for certificates of entitlement for electric cars for electric car rental trial scheme |
9D.—(1) Every application for a certificate of entitlement to register an electric car as a private hire car for an electric car rental trial scheme must be made —| (a) | by the operator of the electric car rental trial scheme; and | | (b) | in accordance with this rule and in such manner as the Registrar may require. |
| (2) Every application for a certificate of entitlement under this rule must be accompanied by the payment of a levy equivalent to the levy payable under rule 24(3)(a) for the renewal of a certificate of entitlement for a vehicle of the same class as the vehicle for which the application under this rule is being made. |
| (3) The Registrar must not issue a certificate of entitlement under rule 11 for an application under this rule if at the time of the application, there are in total 1,000 certificates of entitlement in force for electric cars that are registered as private hire cars for an electric car rental trial scheme. |
| (4) A certificate of entitlement that is issued under rule 11 for an application made in accordance with this rule cannot be used to register a motor vehicle other than as a private hire car for an electric car rental trial scheme. |
| (5) A certificate of entitlement for a motor vehicle that is issued under rule 11 for an application that is not made in accordance with this rule cannot be used for the purpose of registering the motor vehicle as a private hire car for an electric car rental trial scheme. |
(6) In this rule —| “electric car rental trial scheme” means the scheme introduced by the Authority for the rental of electric cars on a trial basis; |
| “operator” means a person who enters into a written agreement with the Authority to operate a trial for the rental of electric cars under the electric car rental trial scheme. [S 278/2016 wef 20/06/2016] |
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| Rejection of applications |
10.—(1) Any application —| (a) | that does not comply with these Rules; or | | (b) | by a person who is below 18 years of age, [S 366/2012 wef 01/08/2012] |
| (2) The Registrar may reject any application without assigning any reason. |
(3) The Registrar may reject any application by a person for a certificate of entitlement if —| (a) | the Registrar had, under rule 25(8)(ii) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules, earlier approved the person’s application to transfer the registration of his motor vehicle, and the application was made within a period of one year after the date of such approval; or | | (b) | the Registrar had, under rule 18(4), earlier approved the person’s application to cancel his certificate of entitlement and refunded the deposit paid, and the application was made within a period of one year after the date of such approval. [S 366/2012 wef 01/08/2012] |
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| Issue of certificates of entitlement to successful applicants |
| 11.—(1) The Registrar shall issue a certificate of entitlement to every successful applicant on payment of the quota premium. [S 482/2001 wef 01/10/2001] (2) For the purposes of these Rules, a certificate of entitlement may be issued in the form of a notice informing the applicant that —| (a) | he has succeeded in his application for the certificate of entitlement; and | | (b) | he may proceed to register the vehicle in respect of which the certificate of entitlement is issued within the period specified in the notice. [S 482/2001 wef 01/10/2001] |
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| (2A) [Deleted by S 800/2013 wef 01/01/2014] |
| (3) Where any particular furnished by an applicant or motor firm in relation to a certificate of entitlement issued under this rule is incomplete or incorrect, the Registrar shall, on payment of a fee of $32.10 (inclusive of GST) by the applicant or motor firm, amend the particulars stated on the certificate of entitlement. [S 48/2002 wef 25/01/2002] [S 129/2013 wef 08/03/2013] [S 699/2017 wef 20/12/2017] |
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| Determination of successful applications |
12.—(1) The Registrar shall not be obliged to issue a certificate of entitlement to the applicant offering the highest proposal amount and the Registrar’s determination of successful applications shall be final.| (2) The Registrar shall notify every applicant of the outcome of his application. |
| (3) Any deposit paid by an unsuccessful applicant under rule 7(2) shall be refunded to him without interest upon the determination of the successful applicants. |
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| Issue of certificates of entitlement in special circumstances |
13.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Part and subject to paragraph (2), the Registrar may —| (a) | in special circumstances and with the approval of the Minister; or | | (b) | in the event that a PU-registered vehicle is kept or used outside Pulau Ubin in breach of rule 3B of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5), |
| issue, subject to such terms and conditions as he may think fit to impose, a certificate of entitlement to an applicant upon payment by the applicant of a levy equivalent to the levy payable under rule 24(3)(a) for the renewal of a certificate of entitlement for a vehicle of the same class as the vehicle in respect of which the application is being made. |
[S 378/2012 wef 06/08/2012] [S 800/2013 wef 01/01/2014] | (2) Where a certificate of entitlement issued in respect of a PU-registered vehicle under paragraph (1) is valid for a period of less than 10 years, the levy payable for that certificate of entitlement shall be computed on a pro-rata basis. [S 8/2001 wef 03/01/2001] |
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