Singapore legislation
Section 28A
Section 28A
Special purpose licences
(1)
Any person intending to keep or use any vehicle for purposes of research and development or for any other special purpose (but not an approved trial or approved special use within the meaning of section 6C) may apply to the Registrar for a licence (called in this Part a special purpose licence) allowing the person to keep or use the vehicle on a road.
(2)
Sections 10 and 11 do not apply in respect of a vehicle that is licensed under this section.
(3)
Upon receiving an application under subsection (1) and upon payment by the applicant of the prescribed levy, the Registrar may issue a special purpose licence to the applicant either unconditionally or subject to any conditions that the Registrar thinks fit to impose.
(4)
The Registrar may suspend or cancel a special purpose licence if the vehicle in respect of which the special purpose licence has been issued is kept or used in contravention of —
any of the provisions of this Act or the rules; or
any of the conditions subject to which the special purpose licence was issued.
(5)
The Registrar must not issue a special purpose licence in respect of any vehicle until the applicant for the special purpose licence has produced to the Registrar such evidence as the Registrar may require that either —
for the period of the special purpose licence there will be in force the policy of insurance or security required by law in relation to the use of the vehicle by the applicant or by any other person on the applicant’s order or with the applicant’s permission; or
the vehicle is a vehicle to which section 3 of the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Act 1960 does not apply at any time when it is being driven by the owner thereof or by an employee of the owner in the course of the employee’s employment or when it is otherwise subject to the control of the owner.
(6)
A special purpose licence issued to any person under this section is not transferable to any other person and the holder of any special purpose licence who transfers or attempts to transfer the holder’s licence to any other person shall be guilty of an offence.
(7)
A person to whom a special purpose licence is issued under this section must, within one month after the licence is cancelled under subsection (4) or lapses, or any longer period that the Registrar may allow in any particular case, do one of the following in relation to the vehicle in respect of which the special purpose licence was issued:
register the vehicle;
remove the vehicle from use on all roads in Singapore and produce proof of that to the satisfaction of the Registrar;
destroy or export the vehicle and produce proof of that to the satisfaction of the Registrar.
(8)
A person who fails to comply with subsection (7) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months; and
in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.