Keeping of de-registered vehicles in designated areas
34A.—(1) The Registrar may designate any area for the keeping of de-registered vehicles.
(2) Any person may apply to the Registrar to keep a de‑registered vehicle in a designated area for a period of 6 months from the date on which registration of the vehicle is cancelled.
(2A) [Deleted by S 279/2009]
(2B) [Deleted by S 279/2009]
(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), where an application under paragraph (2) has been approved, the person may keep the de‑registered vehicle only in the designated area approved by the Registrar for keeping the vehicle (referred to in this rule as the approved designated area) and in no other place.
(3A) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the Registrar may in exceptional circumstances and upon an application being made, permit a de-registered vehicle to be kept at a place other than the approved designated area (referred to in this rule as the alternative area).
(3B) Subject to paragraph (3C), at the end of the 6-month period referred to in paragraph (2), the Registrar may, in his discretion and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit to impose, extend for a further period of 6 months the period for which a de‑registered vehicle may continue to be kept in the approved designated area or the alternative area, as the case may be.
(3BA) The Registrar may, at the end of the further period of 6 months referred to in paragraph (3B), the last day of which is on or after 7 April 2020 but before 7 October 2020, subject to paragraph (3C) and such conditions as the Registrar thinks fit to impose, extend for a further period of 6 months the period for which a de-registered vehicle may continue to be kept in the approved designated area or the alternative area (as the case may be) if —
(a)
no application to move the de-registered vehicle out of the approved designated area or the alternative area (as the case may be) under paragraph (4) was approved before 7 April 2020; and
(b)
the de-registered vehicle was kept in the approved designated area or the alternative area (as the case may be) immediately before 7 April 2020.
[S 454/2020 wef 10/06/2020]
(3C) To obtain the grant of an extension under paragraph (3B) or (3BA) of the period for which a de-registered vehicle may continue to be kept in the approved designated area or the alternative area, as the case may be, the following procedures shall apply:
(a)
if the vehicle was de-registered before 22nd December 2008, an application shall be made to the Registrar for the extension; and
(b)
if the vehicle was de-registered on or after 22nd December 2008, a fee of $35 shall be paid to the Registrar (without any application).
[S 696/2017 wef 20/12/2017]
[S 454/2020 wef 10/06/2020]
[S 12/2024 wef 01/01/2024]
[S 90/2024 wef 14/02/2024]
(3D) Where any part of the 6-month period of extension granted by the Registrar under paragraph (3B) is current on or after 22nd June 2009, the Registrar may, in his discretion, extend a second or third time (and no more) for a period of 6 months each the period for which the vehicle may continue to be kept in the approved designated area or the alternative area, as the case may be, upon an application being made at the end of each period of extension.
(3E) Paragraph (3D) shall not apply to —
(a)
any vehicle which was de-registered before 22nd June 2008;
(b)
any de-registered vehicle in respect of which an application under paragraph (2) was granted before 22nd June 2009; or
(c)
any de-registered vehicle in respect of which an application under paragraph (2) is made on or after 23rd June 2010.
(4) Any person who wishes to move a de-registered vehicle out of an approved designated area or alternative area shall apply to the Registrar for approval to do so.
(5) Any person who wishes to move a de-registered vehicle into an approved designated area or alternative area after it has been moved out of an approved designated area or alternative area under paragraph (4) shall apply to the Registrar for approval to do so.
(6) Every application under paragraph (2), (3A), (3C)(a), (3D), (4) or (5) shall be made in such manner and within such time as the Registrar may require.
(7) Every application under paragraph (2), (3A), (3C)(a), (3D), (4) or (5) shall be accompanied by a fee of $35.
[S 696/2017 wef 20/12/2017]
[S 12/2024 wef 01/01/2024]
[S 90/2024 wef 14/02/2024]
(8) In approving an application under paragraph (2), (3A), (3D), (4) or (5), the Registrar may impose such conditions as he thinks fit.
(9) Unless the Registrar allows otherwise, a person who has been granted any approval, extension or permission by the Registrar under paragraph (2), (3A), (3B), (3BA), (3D), (4) or (5) shall immediately affix to the de-registered vehicle which is or is to be kept in the approved designated area or the alternative area a seal, mark or document as determined by the Registrar in such manner as the Registrar may require.
[S 454/2020 wef 10/06/2020]
(10) Where the seal, mark or document to be affixed to a de‑registered vehicle under paragraph (9) is not affixed to the vehicle in the required manner or, being so affixed, is removed, defaced, altered, mutilated or tampered with —
(a)
the person referred to in that paragraph; and
(b)
the person who so affixes the seal, mark or document to the vehicle or removes, defaces, alters, mutilates or tampers with the seal, mark or document,
shall both be guilty of an offence.
(11) It shall be a defence for a person referred to in paragraph (9) who is charged with an offence under paragraph (10) to prove that he had taken reasonable steps to prevent the seal, mark or document affixed on the de-registered vehicle from being partially affixed to the vehicle, removed, defaced, altered, mutilated or tampered with.
(12) Any approval, extension or permission granted by the Registrar under paragraph (2), (3A), (3B), (3BA), (3D), (4) or (5) may be revoked upon the breach of any condition imposed upon such approval, extension or permission.
[S 454/2020 wef 10/06/2020]
(13) The Registrar may, in his discretion, waive in whole or in part, the fee payable under paragraph (3C)(b) or (7).
(14) Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining the grant by the Registrar of any approval, extension or permission under paragraph (2), (3A), (3B), (3BA), (3D), (4) or (5), furnishes to the Registrar (whether in his application or otherwise) any information or particulars which to the person’s knowledge are false or in any material respect misleading shall be guilty of an offence.