Singapore legislation
Regulation 3C
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules
Regulation 3C
Registration of light goods vehicles and small buses
Subregulation 1
The Registrar shall not register any person as the owner of a light goods vehicle (other than a goods‑cum‑passengers vehicle) or a bus having a maximum seating capacity of 10 persons (including the driver) unless the Registrar is satisfied that the person —
is —
a person registered under the Business Registration Act (Cap. 32);
a company registered under the Companies Act (Cap. 50);
a statutory authority established under any written law;
the Government; or
a person exempted from registration under section 4(1)(a) of the Business Registration Act read with paragraphs 1 and 3(d) of the First Schedule to that Act; and
has complied or has undertaken to the Registrar to comply with rule 45C(1), (2) or (3), as the case may be.
Subregulation 2
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Registrar may, in his discretion and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, register any person not specified in paragraph (1) as the owner of a light goods vehicle (other than a goods-cum-passengers vehicle) or a bus having a maximum seating capacity of 10 persons (including the driver).