Clause 10

by deleting the words “7 days” in subsection (3)(a) and substituting the words “14 days”;

by deleting the definition of “owner” in subsection (6) and substituting the following definition:“ “owner”, in relation to a motor vehicle, means —

for a motor vehicle which is registered under the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276) —

each person in whose name the vehicle is registered under the Road Traffic Act unless the person has sold or ceased to have possession of the vehicle and has complied with the provisions of the rules applicable in regard to the sale or disposal; (ii)each person, although not a registered owner of the vehicle, who is a sole or joint owner of the vehicle unless that person has sold or ceased to have possession of that vehicle; or

if any such registered owner has sold or ceased to have possession of the vehicle, any person who solely or jointly or in common with any other person is entitled to the immediate possession of the vehicle;

for a motor vehicle that is unregistered, the person who solely or jointly or in common with any other person is entitled to the immediate possession of the vehicle;

for a motor vehicle in respect of which a general licence is issued under section 28 of the Road Traffic Act, the person to whom the general licence is issued; or

for a motor vehicle which is the subject of a hiring agreement or hire‑purchase agreement, the person in possession or entitled to possession of the vehicle under that agreement;”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (6), the following subsection:“(7) For the purposes of the definition of “owner” in subsection (6), a person is taken not to have ceased to have possession or, as the case may be, not to have acquired possession of a vehicle where a change of possession occurs by way of —

any hiring (not being a hiring under a hire‑purchase agreement) or lending of the vehicle; or

the passing of the possession of the vehicle to a bailee for the purpose of sale or disposal or for the purpose of alteration, repair, renovation, storing or other like purpose involving the use or operation of the vehicle for the benefit of the bailee.”.