7.—(1) In addition to the fee payable under rule 6 —
(a)
a fee in accordance with the scale specified in Part II of the First Schedule and, where applicable, paragraph (1A) shall be payable on the first registration of a motor vehicle in Singapore whether new or secondhand; and
(b)
a fee in accordance with the scale specified in Part IIA of the First Schedule shall be payable on the registration of a de‑registered vehicle in Singapore as a classic vehicle, normal vintage vehicle or revised use vintage vehicle.
(1A) Where a secondhand vehicle (other than a classic vehicle, normal vintage vehicle, restricted vintage vehicle or revised use vintage vehicle) is to be first registered in Singapore using a certificate of entitlement issued on or after 28th February 2004 as a business service passenger vehicle, private hire car, private motor car, off-peak car or station wagon (passengers only), the sum of $10,000 shall be added to the fee payable under paragraph (1)(a).
(2) No fee shall be payable under this rule in respect of a motor vehicle which is proved to the satisfaction of the Registrar to be for use in industry or agriculture and not intended for use on a public road.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (8) and Parts II and IIA of the First Schedule, the value of a motor vehicle shall be determined by the Registrar after making such enquiries, if any, as he thinks fit and the decision of the Registrar shall be final.
(4) Where a motor vehicle is brought into Singapore by a person who is only on a temporary stay, the Registrar may, on registration of the motor vehicle, waive the immediate payment of the fee specified in paragraph (1)(a) in respect of the motor vehicle if there is produced to him in respect of that motor vehicle a guarantee issued in the name of the Automobile Association of Singapore.
(5) The fee specified in paragraph (1)(a) may be waived altogether if it is proved to the satisfaction of the Registrar that the motor vehicle referred to in paragraph (4) has been —
(a)
seriously damaged as a result of an accident or fire; and
(b)
either destroyed at the expense of the parties concerned or abandoned free of all expenses to the Government before the expiration of that guarantee.
(6) A guarantee, produced to the Registrar under paragraph (4), shall be valid for a period of 12 months from the date of entry into Singapore of the motor vehicle in respect of which it is issued; and no fee shall be payable under this rule if such motor vehicle shall be taken out of Singapore within that period of 12 months.
(7) Where a registered vehicle is used in an altered condition or for a purpose which brings it within or which if it was used solely in that condition or for that purpose, would bring it within, a description of vehicle to which a higher rate of fee for the first registration of a vehicle of that description is applicable under Part II of the First Schedule, a fee at that higher rate shall be chargeable for the re-registration of the vehicle.
(8) Where a fee at a higher rate becomes chargeable under paragraph (7) for the re‑registration of a vehicle, the vehicle may be re‑registered, on payment of the difference between —
(a)
the amount payable for the first registration of the vehicle in the description of vehicle in which it is presently registered; and
(b)
the amount payable under these Rules for the first registration of the vehicle at the higher rate in force on the date of the re‑registration.
(9) No refund of any fee or part thereof which has been paid for the first registration of a vehicle shall be made if it is re‑registered as a vehicle of a description to which a lower rate of fee for the first registration of a vehicle of that description is applicable under Part II of the First Schedule.
(10) [Deleted by S 356/2010]
(11) This rule shall not apply to a PU-registered vehicle unless —
(a)
the vehicle was a new vehicle at the time it was registered as a PU‑registered vehicle; and
(b)
it is kept or used in any place in Singapore outside Pulau Ubin.