Singapore legislation
Regulation 36
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules
Regulation 36
Period of motor vehicle licence
Subregulation 1
Upon receipt of an application for a licence under rule 35, the Registrar may issue a licence for such motor vehicle as is referred to in the application.
Subregulation 2
Every licence issued under this rule shall, as from the date specified in the licence, be valid for a period of 6 or 12 months or for such shorter period as the Registrar may think fit.
Subregulation 3
Upon receipt of an application for a licence for —
any special motor vehicle or special type of motor vehicle, the use of which has for the time being been authorised pursuant to section 5(2) of the Act; or
any motor vehicle approved by the Registrar as a normal vintage vehicle,the Registrar may issue a licence for such motor vehicle for a period of not less than one day.
Subregulation 4
Subject to paragraphs (4AA), (4AB), (4AC), (4AD) and (4C) to (7) and rules 38 and 38C, the fee payable for a licence under this rule shall be the appropriate fee specified in —
the Second Schedule, if the licence commences before 1st September 1998;
the Sixth Schedule, if the licence commences on any date between 1st September 1998 and 31st August 2002 (both dates inclusive);
the Ninth Schedule, if the licence commences on any date between 1st September 2002 and 31st August 2007 (both dates inclusive);
the Eleventh Schedule, if the licence commences on any date between 1st September 2007 and 30th June 2008 (both dates inclusive); (e)the Twelfth Schedule, if the licence commences on any date between 1 July 2008 and 31 December 2020 (both dates inclusive); or
the Twentieth Schedule, if the licence begins on or after 1 January 2021.
Subregulation 4A
Notwithstanding paragraph (4), the fee payable for a licence under this rule —
for a taxi, or a bus, goods vehicle or goods-cum-passengers vehicle using diesel or petroleum as fuel; and
that commences on any date between 1st July 2009 and 30th June 2010 (both dates inclusive) or between 1st July 2013 and 30th June 2014 (both dates inclusive),shall be the appropriate fee specified in the Fourteenth Schedule.
Subregulation 4AA
Despite paragraphs (4) and (4A), and subject to paragraph (4D), where a licence for a motor car, motor cycle, scooter, taxi, bus, goods vehicle, prime mover or goods-cum-passengers vehicle using petroleum or using both petroleum and either natural gas or electricity as its source or sources of power begins on any date during the period from 1 August 2015 to 31 July 2016 (both dates inclusive), the fee payable for the licence is the appropriate fee specified in the Fifteenth Schedule.
Subregulation 4AB
Despite paragraphs (4) and (4A), and subject to paragraph (4F), where —
a licence is for a vehicle that uses diesel, or both diesel and either natural gas or electricity, as its source or sources of power, and is —
a bus (other than an omnibus that is kept or used to provide bus services under a public bus services contract); or
a goods vehicle, prime mover or goods‑cum‑passengers vehicle; and
the licence begins on any date during the period from 1 August 2017 to 31 July 2022 (both dates inclusive),then the fee payable for the licence is the appropriate fee specified in the Seventeenth Schedule.
Subregulation 4AC
Despite paragraphs (4) and (4A), where —
a licence is for a vehicle that uses diesel, or both diesel and either natural gas or electricity, as its source or sources of power, and is —
a bus (other than an omnibus that is kept or used to provide bus services under a public bus services contract); or
a goods vehicle, prime mover or goods‑cum‑passengers vehicle; and
the licence begins on any date on or after 1 August 2022,then the fee payable for the licence is the appropriate fee specified in the Twenty‑First Schedule.
Subregulation 4AD
Despite paragraph (4), where —
a licence is for a motor car, motor cycle, scooter, taxi, bus, goods vehicle, prime mover or goods-cum-passengers vehicle that uses as its source of power —
petroleum; or
both petroleum and either natural gas or electricity; and
the licence begins on any date during the period from 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2022 (both dates inclusive),then the fee payable for the licence is the appropriate fee specified in the Twenty-Second Schedule.
Subregulation 4B
Where a licence referred to in paragraph (4A) commences on any date before 1st July 2013 but the period for which the licence is taken out falls partly in the period between 1st July 2013 and 30th June 2014 (both dates inclusive), the fee payable for the licence shall be the sum of the following:
the appropriate fee specified in the Twelfth Schedule calculated on a pro-rata basis for the period of the licence ending on 30th June 2013; and
the appropriate fee specified in the Fourteenth Schedule calculated on a pro-rata basis for the remaining period of the licence.
Subregulation 4C
Where a licence referred to in paragraph (4AA) begins before 1 August 2015 and remains valid at any time during the period from 1 August 2015 to 31 July 2016 (both dates inclusive), the fee payable for the licence is the sum of the following:
the appropriate fee specified in the Twelfth Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence ending with 31 July 2015;
the appropriate fee specified in the Fifteenth Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence remaining after 31 July 2015.
Subregulation 4D
Where a licence referred to in paragraph (4AA) begins on any date during the period from 1 August 2015 to 31 July 2016 (both dates inclusive) and remains valid after 31 July 2016, the fee payable for the licence is the sum of the following:
the appropriate fee specified in the Fifteenth Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence ending with 31 July 2016;
the appropriate fee specified in the Twelfth Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence remaining after 31 July 2016.
Subregulation 4E
Where a licence mentioned in paragraph (4AB) begins before 1 August 2017 and remains valid at any time during the period from 1 August 2017 to 31 July 2022 (both dates inclusive), the fee payable for the licence is the sum of the following:
the appropriate fee specified in the Twelfth Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence ending with 31 July 2017;
the appropriate fee specified in the Seventeenth Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence remaining after 31 July 2017.
Subregulation 4F
Where a licence mentioned in paragraph (4AB) begins on any date during the period from 1 August 2017 to 31 July 2022 (both dates inclusive) and remains valid after 31 July 2022, the fee payable for the licence is the sum of the following:
the appropriate fee specified in the Seventeenth Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence ending with 31 July 2022;
the appropriate fee specified in the Twenty‑First Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence remaining after 31 July 2022.
Subregulation 5
Where the amount of the fee payable under paragraph (4)(b) for a licence for a motor vehicle exceeds the amount of the fee which would have been payable under paragraph (4)(a) for a licence for that same vehicle, then, subject to paragraph (7) and rule 38 —
the fee payable for a licence for such motor vehicle, which commences on any date from 1st September 1998 to 31st August 1999, shall be computed in accordance with the formula —
the fee payable for a licence for such motor vehicle, which commences on any date from 1st September 1999 to 31st August 2000, shall be computed in accordance with the formula —where, for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) —Xis the fee which would have been payable under paragraph (4)(a) for the licence had such licence commenced before 1st September 1998; andYis the fee payable under paragraph (4)(b) for the licence if such licence commences on or after 1st September 1998; and
the fee payable for a licence for such motor vehicle, which commences on or after 1st September 2000, shall be the appropriate fee payable under paragraph (4)(b).
Subregulation 6
Where the period for which a licence is taken out falls within more than one of the periods referred to in paragraph (5)(a), (b) or (c), the fee payable for the licence under this rule shall be computed on a pro-rata basis.
Subregulation 7
Where the Registrar has granted permission under the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules (R 14) for any bus (other than an omnibus or a school bus) to convey school children for any period, the Registrar may, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit to impose, allow a rebate of 50% of the fee which has been paid under this rule for the licence for the bus during the period for which the bus was used to convey school children.
Subregulation 8
The fee payable in respect of a licence for a special motor vehicle or special type of motor vehicle under paragraph (3) shall be of the following amount for every day on which such licence is used:
one-thirtieth of the appropriate fee in the Second Schedule, if the licence commences before 1st September 1998;
one-thirtieth of the appropriate fee in the Sixth Schedule, if the licence commences on any date between 1st September 1998 and 31st August 2002 (both dates inclusive);
one-thirtieth of the appropriate fee in the Ninth Schedule, if the licence commences on any date between 1st September 2002 and 31st August 2007 (both dates inclusive); or
computed in accordance with the following formula:where Yis the number of days in the month; andAis the appropriate fee —
in the Eleventh Schedule, if the licence begins on any date during the period from 1 September 2007 to 30 June 2008 (both dates inclusive); (ii)in the Twelfth Schedule, if the licence begins on any date during the period from 1 July 2008 to 31 December 2020 (both dates inclusive), except as stated in paragraph (iii) or (iv); (iia)in the Twentieth Schedule, if the licence begins on or after 1 January 2021, except as stated in paragraph (iv), (v) or (vi); (iii)in the Fifteenth Schedule, if the special motor vehicle or special type of motor vehicle uses petroleum or uses both petroleum and either natural gas or electricity as its source or sources of power and the licence begins on any date during the period from 1 August 2015 to 31 July 2016 (both dates inclusive); (iv)in the Seventeenth Schedule, if the special motor vehicle or special type of motor vehicle uses diesel or both diesel and either natural gas or electricity as its source or sources of power and the licence begins on any date during the period from 1 August 2017 to 31 July 2022 (both dates inclusive); (v)in the Twenty-First Schedule, if the special motor vehicle or special type of motor vehicle uses diesel or both diesel and either natural gas or electricity as its source or sources of power and the licence begins on or after 1 August 2022; or (vi)in the Twenty-Second Schedule, if the special motor vehicle or special type of motor vehicle uses petroleum, or uses both petroleum and either natural gas or electricity, as its source or sources of power and the licence begins on any date during the period from 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2022 (both dates inclusive).
Subregulation 9
If, in the opinion of the Registrar, any motor vehicle registered under these Rules shall by reason of its condition, lack of maintenance, accident or any defect become unsafe or unfit for service, the Registrar may cancel the registration of the vehicle and may order the vehicle to be broken up.
Subregulation 10
This rule shall not apply to a PU-registered vehicle.