Singapore legislation
Regulation 33
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules
Regulation 33
Re-registration before 25th January 2010 of private motor cars as off-peak cars and vice versa
Subregulation 1
The Registrar may, upon application in an approved form and on payment of a prescribed conversion fee of $100, re‑register a private motor car as an off-peak car.
Subregulation 2
The owner of a private motor car which has been re-registered as an off-peak car on or after 1st October 1994 may, subject to paragraph (3), upon the de-registration of the car apply for a rebate in addition to that referred to in rule 8(1).
Subregulation 3
No person shall be entitled to the rebate referred to in paragraph (2) unless he qualifies for the rebate under rule 8.
Subregulation 4
The rebate referred to in paragraph (2) shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula:where Ais the period or periods (in months) commencing from 1st October 1994 for which the private motor car has been registered as an off‑peak car.
Subregulation 5
The Registrar may, upon application in an approved form and on payment of the conversion fee and conversion premium specified in paragraph (6), re-register an off-peak car as a private motor car except that no off-peak car in respect of which a category (f) certificate of entitlement has been issued may be re-registered as a private motor car under this rule after 30th September 1997 and before 2nd October 2000.
Subregulation 6
For the purpose of paragraph (5) —
in the case of a private motor car which has been re-registered as an off-peak car before 1st September 1994 —
the conversion fee is $100; and
no conversion premium is payable;
in the case of a private motor car which has been re-registered as an off-peak car on or after 1st October 1994 —
the conversion fee is $800 if the car is re-registered as a private motor car before 3rd March 2004, and $100 if it is re-registered on or after 3rd March 2004; and
no conversion premium is payable;
in the case of an off-peak car in respect of which a category (f) certificate of entitlement has been issued —
the conversion fee is $800 if the car is re-registered as a private motor car before 3rd March 2004, and $100 if it is re-registered on or after 3rd March 2004; and
the conversion premium shall be the conversion charge computed according to the formula set out in rule 22(1)(b) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31); and
in any other case —
the conversion fee is $800 if the car is re‑registered as a private motor car before 3rd March 2004, and $100 if it is re-registered on or after 3rd March 2004; and
the conversion premium shall be determined in accordance with the following formula:where Ais the sum of the rebate on customs duties granted in respect of that motor car under section 16 of the Customs Act (Cap. 70), the rebate on the quota premium granted under rule 14(2) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules and the rebate on the additional registration fee granted under rule 9(3) in respect of the motor car at the time it was registered as an off‑peak car;Bis 120 months less the period (in months) for which the motor car has been registered in Singapore at its re‑registration as a private motor car; andCis 120 months.
Subregulation 7
This rule shall not apply to any —
private motor car which, on or after 25th January 2010, is re‑registered as an off-peak car; or
off-peak car which, on or after 25th January 2010, is re‑registered as a private motor car.