Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules
Regulation 5
Vehicles which are more than 3 years
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (2), no vehicle which is more than 3 years old on or after 1st September 1992 shall be registered under the Act.
Subregulation 2
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any vehicle —
which has been registered as a normal vintage vehicle, restricted vintage vehicle or revised use vintage vehicle;
which is registered as a PU-registered vehicle;
which is registered or re-registered as a classic vehicle; (d)where it is registered in the name of any of the following persons, which is not more than 7 years old:
a diplomatic agent;
a consular officer;
the designated spouse or only lawful spouse of a diplomatic agent or consular officer;
a member of the administrative and technical staff of a diplomatic mission or consular post;
a representative, an officer or an employee of such international organisation as may be approved by an authorised officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
a member of a visiting military force who is approved by an authorised officer of the Ministry of Defence and who complies with such conditions for approval as the authorised officer may impose;
which has been approved by the Registrar as a mobile engineering plant or motor tractor;
which is registered as a trailer;
which is registered as a mobile crane; (h)which is registered as a recovery vehicle; or
which was licensed to be kept or used on a road under section 28A of the Act.
Subregulation 3
In this rule —
Definition
“consular officer” means a person entrusted in that capacity with the exercise of consular functions, and includes the head of a consular post;
Definition
“designated spouse”, in relation to a diplomatic agent or consular officer with more than one lawful spouse, means the lawful spouse of the diplomatic agent or consular officer whom the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recognises for the purposes of paragraph (2);
Definition
“diplomatic agent” means —
the head of a diplomatic mission; or
a member of the staff of a diplomatic mission having diplomatic rank;
Definition
“member of the administrative and technical staff”, in relation to a diplomatic mission or consular post, means a member of the staff of the diplomatic mission or consular post who is employed in the administrative or technical service of the diplomatic mission or consular post.