Application for licence, etc., on expiry of international circulation permit
17.—(1)  Any person to whom an international circulation permit has been issued in respect of a motor vehicle shall, before using that motor vehicle in Singapore at any time after the permit has ceased to be valid —
(a)apply for and obtain a licence under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5) in respect of that vehicle; or
(b)apply for and obtain another international circulation permit in respect of that motor vehicle.
(2)  The Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules shall, in relation to any application under paragraph (1)(a), be subject to the following modifications:
(a)the owner shall forward to the Registrar, together with his declaration, the international circulation permit (unless already surrendered to the Registration Authority) and the registration certificate issued to him;
(b)the Registrar shall advise the Registration Authority by whom the international circulation permit was issued (if the permit was not issued by the Registrar) of the receipt of the permit, if received by him, and the issue of such licence by him; and
(c)the identification mark to be assigned by the Registrar shall, if the person making the application so desires, be the identification mark of the motor vehicle under rule 22K(1)(a) but the identification mark shall be void on the expiration of one year from the date upon which the motor vehicle was last brought into Singapore from abroad and the Registrar shall assign a new identification mark in accordance with the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules.
[S 408/2017 wef 20/07/2017]