Singapore legislation

Regulation 38B

of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules

Regulation 38B

Licence for PU-registered vehicles

Amended byS 366/2015 wef 14/06/2015S 327/2017 wef 25/06/2017S 366/2015 wef 14/06/2015S 366/2015 wef 14/06/2015S 366/2015 wef 14/06/2015S 451/2019 wef 23/06/2019S 327/2017 wef 25/06/2017S 327/2017 wef 25/06/2017S 451/2019 wef 23/06/2019S 327/2017 wef 25/06/2017S 451/2019 wef 23/06/2019S 507/2021 wef 11/07/2021S 507/2021 wef 11/07/2021S 507/2021 wef 11/07/2021S 366/2015 wef 14/06/2015S 366/2015 wef 14/06/2015S 327/2017 wef 25/06/2017S 1013/2020 wef 20/12/2020S 1013/2020 wef 20/12/2020S 507/2021 wef 11/07/2021S 366/2015 wef 14/06/2015S 327/2017 wef 25/06/2017S 1013/2020 wef 20/12/2020S 327/2017 wef 25/06/2017S 451/2019 wef 23/06/2019S 1013/2020 wef 20/12/2020S 507/2021 wef 11/07/2021S 507/2021 wef 11/07/2021S 1013/2020 wef 20/12/2020

Subregulation 1

The Registrar may, in his discretion, upon application in an approved form by the owner of a PU-registered vehicle, issue or renew a PU-registered vehicle licence.

Subregulation 2

The issuance of a PU-registered vehicle licence shall be subject to —

(a)

the condition that the motor vehicle shall be kept and used only on Pulau Ubin; and

(b)

such other conditions as the Registrar may impose.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 366/2015 wef 14/06/2015S 327/2017 wef 25/06/2017

Subject to paragraphs (3A) to (4) and rule 38C, the fee payable for a licence issued under this rule shall be the appropriate fee specified in the Seventh Schedule.

Subregulation 3A

Amended byS 366/2015 wef 14/06/2015

Subject to paragraph (3C), where a licence for a PU-registered 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 Sixteenth Schedule.

Subregulation 3B

Amended byS 366/2015 wef 14/06/2015

Where a licence for a PU-registered vehicle using petroleum or using both petroleum and either natural gas or electricity as its source or sources of power 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:

(a)

the appropriate fee specified in the Seventh Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence ending with 31 July 2015;

(b)

the appropriate fee specified in the Sixteenth Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence remaining after 31 July 2015.

Subregulation 3C

Amended byS 366/2015 wef 14/06/2015

Where a licence for a PU-registered 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) and remains valid at any time after 31 July 2016, the fee payable for the licence is the sum of the following:

(a)

the appropriate fee specified in the Sixteenth Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence ending with 31 July 2016;

(b)

the appropriate fee specified in the Seventh Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence remaining after 31 July 2016.

Subregulation 3D

Amended byS 451/2019 wef 23/06/2019S 327/2017 wef 25/06/2017

Subject to paragraph (3F), where —

(a)

a licence is for a PU‑registered vehicle that —

(i)

is a bus, goods vehicle, prime mover or goods‑cum‑passengers vehicle; and

(ii)

uses diesel, or both diesel and either natural gas or electricity, as its source or sources of power; and

(b)

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 Eighteenth Schedule.

Subregulation 3E

Amended byS 327/2017 wef 25/06/2017S 451/2019 wef 23/06/2019

Where a licence for a PU‑registered vehicle mentioned in paragraph (3D)(a) 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 fees payable for the licence is the sum of the following:

(a)

the appropriate fee specified in the Seventh Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence ending with 31 July 2017;

(b)

the appropriate fee specified in the Eighteenth Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence remaining after 31 July 2017.

Subregulation 3F

Amended byS 327/2017 wef 25/06/2017S 451/2019 wef 23/06/2019

Where a licence for a PU‑registered vehicle mentioned in paragraph (3D)(a) begins on any date during the period from 1 August 2017 to 31 July 2022 (both dates inclusive) and remains valid at any time after 31 July 2022, the fee payable for the licence is the sum of the following:

(a)

the appropriate fee specified in the Eighteenth Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence ending with 31 July 2022;

(b)

the appropriate fee specified in the Seventh Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence remaining after 31 July 2022.

Subregulation 3G

Amended byS 507/2021 wef 11/07/2021

Where a licence for a PU-registered vehicle using petroleum or using both petroleum and either natural gas or electricity as its source or sources of power begins before 1 August 2021 and remains valid at any time during the period from 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2022 (both dates inclusive), the fee payable for the licence is the sum of the following:

(a)

the appropriate fee specified in the Seventh Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence ending with 31 July 2021;

(b)

the appropriate fee specified in the Twenty-Third Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence remaining after 31 July 2021.

Subregulation 3H

Amended byS 507/2021 wef 11/07/2021

Subject to paragraph (3I), where a licence for a PU-registered 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 2021 to 31 July 2022 (both dates inclusive), the fee payable for the licence is the appropriate fee specified in the Twenty-Third Schedule.

Subregulation 3I

Amended byS 507/2021 wef 11/07/2021

Where a licence for a PU-registered 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 2021 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:

(a)

the appropriate fee specified in the Twenty-Third Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence ending with 31 July 2022;

(b)

the appropriate fee specified in the Seventh Schedule calculated proportionately for the period of the licence remaining after 31 July 2022.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 366/2015 wef 14/06/2015S 366/2015 wef 14/06/2015S 327/2017 wef 25/06/2017S 1013/2020 wef 20/12/2020S 1013/2020 wef 20/12/2020S 507/2021 wef 11/07/2021S 366/2015 wef 14/06/2015S 327/2017 wef 25/06/2017S 1013/2020 wef 20/12/2020S 327/2017 wef 25/06/2017S 451/2019 wef 23/06/2019S 1013/2020 wef 20/12/2020S 507/2021 wef 11/07/2021S 507/2021 wef 11/07/2021S 1013/2020 wef 20/12/2020

Where a PU-registered vehicle is kept or used outside Pulau Ubin in breach of the condition imposed under paragraph (2) —

(a)

the appropriate fee specified in —

(i)

the Sixth Schedule, if the licence commences on any date between 1st September 1998 and 31st August 2002 (both dates inclusive);

(ii)

the Ninth Schedule, if the licence commences on any date between 1st September 2002 and 31st August 2007 (both dates inclusive);

(iii)

the Eleventh Schedule, if the licence commences on any date between 1st September 2007 and 30th June 2008 (both dates inclusive); (iv)the Twelfth Schedule, if the licence commences on any date between 1 July 2008 and 31 December 2020 (both dates inclusive), except as stated in sub‑paragraph (v) or (vi); (iva)the Twentieth Schedule, if the licence begins on or after 1 January 2021, except as stated in sub‑paragraph (vi), (via) or (vii);

(v)

the Fifteenth Schedule, if the PU registered 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); (vi)the Seventeenth Schedule, if the PU‑registered vehicle is one mentioned in paragraph (3D)(a) and the licence begins on any date during the period from 1 August 2017 to 31 July 2022 (both dates inclusive); (via)the Twenty-Second Schedule, if the PU-registered 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); or

(vii)

the Twenty-First Schedule, if the PU-registered vehicle is one mentioned in paragraph (3D)(a) and the licence begins on or after 1 August 2022,shall apply to a licence issued for that vehicle under this rule; and

(b)

the additional licence fee payable under rule 37 shall apply to a licence issued under this rule as if —

(i)

a reference to the base fee for a licence in that rule refers to the fee payable under sub-paragraph (a); and

(ii)

a reference to a licence in that rule refers to a licence issued under this rule.

Subregulation 5

Every licence issued under this rule shall be valid for a maximum period of one year commencing 1st February or for such shorter period as the Registrar may think fit.

Subregulation 6

The Registrar may, in his discretion, revoke a PU‑registered vehicle licence upon the breach of any condition referred to in paragraph (2).