Regulation 1
Citation
These Rules may be cited as the Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Rules.
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Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Rules
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- Type
- Subsidiary Legislation
- Status
- In force
- Enacted
- 1960
- Sections
- 18
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About this subsidiary legislation
Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Rules is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation MVTPRCA-R1 1960, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1960.
Regulation 2
Definitions
Amended byS 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004
In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —[Deleted by S 574/2014 wef 01/09/2014]“securer” means a body of persons approved by the Minister under section 4(11) of the Act.
Definition
“securer” means a body of persons approved by the Minister under section 4(11) of the Act.
Amended byS 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004
Regulation 3
Applications for approval as securers
Amended byS 574/2014 wef 01/09/2014
Applications for approval as securers shall be submitted to the Minister.
Regulation 4
Certificates of insurance and certificates of security
Subregulation 1
A securer or an insurer shall issue to every holder of a security or of a policy (other than a covering note) —
(a)
in the case of a policy or security relating to any specified motor vehicle, a certificate of insurance in the Form A or a certificate of security in the Form C set out in the Schedule, in respect of each such vehicle; or
(b)
in the case of a policy or security not relating to any specified motor vehicle, such number of certificates in the Form B or C set out in the Schedule as may be necessary to enable the requirements of section 16 of the Act to be complied with.
Subregulation 2
Every policy in the form of a covering note issued by an insurer shall have printed thereon a certificate of insurance in the Form D set out in the Schedule.
Regulation 5
Certificates to be authenticated
Every certificate of insurance or certificate of security shall be duly authenticated by or on behalf of the insurer or securer by whom it is issued.
Regulation 6
Alternative to certificate
Amended byS 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004S 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004
The following evidence that a motor vehicle is not being or will not be used in contravention of section 3 of the Act may be produced by the owner or driver of the vehicle on the request of a police officer in pursuance of section 16 of the Act as an alternative to a certificate of insurance or a certificate of security —
(a)
in the case of a motor vehicle exempted under section 3(7)(a) of the Act, a certificate of ownership in the Form E set out in the Schedule signed by a duly authorised officer; or
(b)
in the case of a motor vehicle exempted under section 3(7)(b) of the Act, a certificate of deposit in the Form F set out in the Schedule signed by the owner of the motor vehicle or by some person authorised by him in that behalf.
Regulation 7
Destruction of certificates under rule 6
Any certificate issued in accordance with rule 6(a) or (b) shall be destroyed by the issuers thereof before the motor vehicle is sold or disposed of.
Regulation 8
No advertising matter on certificate
Amended byS 217/2005 wef 04/04/2005
Subregulation 1
No certificate issued under the Act shall contain any advertising matter either on the face or back of the certificate.
Subregulation 2
Amended byS 217/2005 wef 04/04/2005
The name and address of the insurer or securer by whom a certificate is issued or any reproduction of their seal, monogram or similar device, or the name and address of an insurance broker, shall not be deemed to be advertising matter for the purposes of paragraph (1) if it is printed or stamped at the foot or the back of the certificate.
Regulation 9
Insurers and securers to keep records
Amended byS 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004S 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004S 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004S 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004S 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004
Subregulation 1
Amended byS 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004S 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004S 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004S 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004
Every insurer or securer by whom a policy or security is issued shall keep a record of the following particulars relating thereto:
(a)
full name, address and identification number as indicated in the identity card or passport of the person to whom the certificate of insurance or security is issued;
(b)
in the case of a certificate of policy or security relating to specified motor vehicles, the registration number of each such motor vehicle;
(c)
the date on which the certificate of policy or security comes into force and the date on which it expires;
(d)
in the case of a policy, the conditions subject to which the person or class of persons specified in the policy will be indemnified; (e)in the case of a security, the conditions subject to which the undertaking given by the securer under the security will be implemented; and
(f)
such other information as the Registrar may, by written notice to the insurer or securer, require in relation to —
(i)
the motor vehicle, its policy or security; or
(ii)
the person to whom the certificate of insurance or security is issued.
Subregulation 2
Every such record shall be preserved for one year from the date of expiry of the policy or security.
Subregulation 3
Amended byS 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004
Any person who has deposited and keeps deposited the sum of $125,000 in pursuance of section 3(7)(b) of the Act shall keep a record of the motor vehicles owned by him and of any certificates issued by him under these Rules in respect of the motor vehicles and of the withdrawal or destruction of any such certificates.
Subregulation 4
Any person, insurer or securer by whom records of documents are required to be kept by these Rules shall without charge furnish to the Minister, the Registrar or to any police officer of or above the rank of Assistant Superintendent on request any particulars thereof.
Regulation 10
Duty to inform
Amended byS 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004
Subregulation 1
Any insurer or securer by whom records of documents are required to be kept by these Rules shall, within one working day or such longer period as the Registrar may allow —
(a)
inform the Registrar in writing or in such other manner as the Registrar may specify, of —
(i)
any issue or renewal of a certificate of insurance or security;
(ii)
any change in the particulars referred to in rule 9(1); and
(iii)
any policy issued, or security given, by the insurer or securer which ceases to be effective for any reason; and
(b)
furnish to the Registrar all such other information as he may require in relation to the matters referred to in sub-paragraph (a).
Subregulation 2
Any person to whom the certificate of insurance or security is issued shall, on request, furnish to the Registrar any information referred to in paragraph (1).
Subregulation 3
Amended byS 591/2004 wef 24/09/2004
Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
Regulation 11
Return of certificates
Where with the consent of the person to whom it was issued a policy or security is transferred or suspended or ceases to be effective otherwise than by effluxion of time, that person shall forthwith return any relative certificate to the insurer or securer by whom it was issued and a new policy or security shall not be issued to that person nor shall the policy or security be transferred to any other person until the certificate has been returned to the insurer or securer, or the insurer or securer is satisfied that it has been lost or destroyed.
Regulation 12
Issue of fresh certificates
Where any insurer or securer by whom a certificate of insurance or a certificate of security has been issued is satisfied that the certificate has been lost or destroyed, he shall, if required to do so by the person to whom the certificate was issued, issue to him a fresh certificate.
Regulation 13
Statutory declarations
Every statutory declaration made for the purposes of section 9(3)(c) or 15 of the Act shall be delivered to the insurer in like manner as though it were a certificate.
Regulation 14
Repealed / deleted
[Deleted by S 574/2014 wef 01/09/2014]
Regulation 15
Repealed / deleted
[Deleted by S 505/2014 wef 01/08/2014]
Regulation 16
Repealed / deleted
[Deleted by S 505/2014 wef 01/08/2014]
Regulation 17
Public Trustee may interview parties
Where any payment is made to the Public Trustee under section 6 of the Act, the Public Trustee may interview the parties or their advocates and solicitors in order to ascertain that the payment is not manifestly inadequate.
Regulation 18
Fees chargeable by Public Trustee
Amended byS 505/2014 wef 01/08/2014
The Public Trustee shall be entitled to charge, upon the receipt of any of the following applications, the corresponding fee:
(a)
an application to the Public Trustee for his approval of the adequacy of a payment under section 6(3)(a)(i) of the Act in relation to a settlement agreement referred to in section 6(1) of the Act which is made on or after 1st August 2014$300(b)an application made by a public officer or an advocate and solicitor for an agreement on costs between him and the Public Trustee under section 18(3)(a) of the Act in relation to a settlement agreement referred to in section 6(1) of the Act, or a judgment of the court referred to in section 9(1) of the Act, which is made on or after 1st August 2014$225.
Common questions
- What is Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Rules?
- Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Rules is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation MVTPRCA-R1 1960, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1960.
- Is Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Rules still in force?
- Yes — Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Rules is currently in force.
- When did Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Rules take effect?
- Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Rules was first recorded in 1960.
- How many regulations does Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Rules have?
- Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Rules contains 18 regulations.
- Where can I read the official version of Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Rules?
- The official text of Motor Vehicles (Third-Party Risks and Compensation) Rules is published at sso.agc.gov.sg.