Singapore legislation
Regulation 34B
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules
Regulation 34B
Keeping of de-registered vehicles in approved private areas and compounds
Subregulation 1
Any person who wishes to keep a de-registered vehicle in any private area or compound may apply to the Registrar for approval to do so.
Subregulation 2
The Registrar may, in his discretion and subject to such terms and conditions as he thinks fit to impose, grant his approval to the applicant to keep the de-registered vehicle for a period not exceeding 3 years in the private area or compound approved by the Registrar.
Subregulation 3
The Registrar may, from time to time upon an application being made to him and subject to such terms and conditions as he thinks fit to impose, extend the period for which any approval granted by him under paragraph (2) shall be valid, except that each such extension shall be for a period not exceeding 3 years.
Subregulation 4
Unless the Registrar allows otherwise, no application under paragraph (3) in respect of any de-registered vehicle shall be accepted if it is received by the Registrar less than 7 days before the period to be extended expires.
Subregulation 5
Any person who has been granted approval under this rule to keep a de-registered vehicle in a private area or compound approved by the Registrar —
shall at all times keep the de-registered vehicle within that private area or compound; and
shall not remove the de-registered vehicle to any other place unless he has applied for and obtained the special approval of the Registrar to do so.
Subregulation 6
Subject to paragraph (7), where the identification mark to be affixed to a de-registered vehicle under rule 17(2)(g) is not affixed to the vehicle in the required manner or, being so affixed, is removed, defaced, altered, obscured or tampered with —
the person to whom approval for the keeping of the vehicle has been granted under this rule; and
any other person in possession of the vehicle,shall both be guilty of an offence.
Subregulation 7
The Registrar may waive the requirements under rule 17(2)(g) if the person granted approval to keep the de-registered vehicle under this rule has, with the permission of the Registrar, immobilised the vehicle by —
removing the engine of the vehicle;
bolting the chassis of the vehicle to the ground; or
such other method as the Registrar may permit, subject to such terms and conditions as the Registrar thinks fit to impose.
Subregulation 8
Any approval granted to any person under this rule for the keeping of a de-registered vehicle shall not be transferable and, subject to paragraph (9), shall be revoked upon the occurrence of the following event:
where the person is an individual, the demise of that person; or
where the person is a company or corporation, the dissolution of that company or corporation.
Subregulation 9
The Registrar may, upon an application by the parent, sibling, spouse or child, or the executor or administrator of the estate, of any deceased person referred to in paragraph (8)(a) and subject to such terms and conditions as the Registrar thinks fit to impose, grant approval to such parent, sibling, spouse, child, executor or administrator to keep the relevant de-registered vehicle in the private area or compound approved by the Registrar.
Subregulation 10
An application under paragraph (1), (3), (5)(b) or (9) shall —
be made in such form or manner, and be supported by such particulars or documents, as the Registrar may require; and
be accompanied by the following fees:
in the case of an application for approval under paragraph (1) or (9), or for extension of approval under paragraph (3) —
where the approval or extension of approval is for a period that does not exceed one year, a sum of $250; or
where the approval or extension of approval is for a period that exceeds one year but does not exceed 3 years, a sum of $600;
in the case of an application for special approval under paragraph (5)(b), a sum of $125.
Subregulation 11
The Registrar may revoke any approval granted by him under paragraph (2), (3), (5)(b) or (9) if the person to whom the approval was granted —
has breached any term or condition subject to which the approval was granted;
has been found to have furnished any false or misleading particulars or document when applying for the approval; or
has contravened any provision of the Act.
Subregulation 11A
The Registrar may also revoke an approval granted by him under paragraph (2) to a PSO in respect of a de‑registered vehicle upon the request of the PSO if another PSO has applied under paragraph (1) to keep the same de‑registered vehicle.
Subregulation 12
Where any approval granted to a person by the Registrar under paragraph (2), (3), (5)(b) or (9) has expired or been revoked by the Registrar under paragraph (11), that person or any person who is in possession of the relevant de-registered vehicle shall, upon the expiry or the revocation of the approval and within such period as the Registrar may require or allow —
scrap or export the de-registered vehicle; and
produce proof of such scrapping or export to the satisfaction of the Registrar.
Subregulation 13
Where any person to whom any approval has been granted under paragraph (2), (3), (5)(b) or (9) has died or, in the case of a company or corporation, has been dissolved, the personal representative of the estate of the deceased individual or the liquidator or official receiver of the dissolved company or corporation (as the case may be) shall, upon the expiry or the revocation of the approval and within such period as the Registrar may require or allow —
scrap or export the relevant de-registered vehicle; and
produce proof of such scrapping or export to the satisfaction of the Registrar.
Subregulation 14
The Registrar may, in his discretion and subject to such terms and conditions as he thinks fit to impose, waive in whole or in part any fee payable under paragraph (10)(b).
Subregulation 15
The Registrar may, in his discretion, require the inspection, by any person authorised by him, of —
any de-registered vehicle in respect of which approval under this rule is being applied for or has been granted;
the private area or compound in which the de‑registered vehicle is being kept or proposed to be kept; or
the sealed identification mark affixed on the vehicle.
Subregulation 16
Any person who furnishes any particulars to the Registrar in his application under this rule which to his knowledge is false or in any material respect misleading shall be guilty of an offence.
Subregulation 17
In this rule —
Definition
“healthcare service” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020;
Definition
“PSO”, or “Public Service Organisation”, means any of the following:
a person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of “Singapore public sector agency” in section 2(1) of the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018;
a body corporate established by a public Act for the purposes of a public function but excludes a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988;
a provider of a healthcare service that is maintained on public funds;
a person that offers to provide, or provides, education (whether by itself or in association or collaboration with or by affiliation with any other person) and that is maintained on public funds.