Singapore legislation
Regulation 9A
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules
Regulation 9A
Rebate for electric car, petrol-electric car, new electric taxi and new petrol-electric taxi registered on or before 31 December 2012
Subregulation 1
Subject to rule 8, a person who desires to register a new or a secondhand electric car or petrol-electric car, or a new electric taxi or petrol-electric taxi, may apply to the Registrar for a rebate on —
in the case of a new vehicle first registered before 1st June 2004 — the fees payable under rules 6 and 7, and the quota premium payable under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules (R 31) for a certificate of entitlement;
in the case of a new vehicle first registered on any date between 1st June 2004 and 31st December 2012 (both dates inclusive) — the fee payable under rule 7(1)(a) in respect of the new vehicle at the time of its first registration on any date between 1st June 2004 and 31st December 2012 (both dates inclusive); or
in the case of a secondhand vehicle first registered in Singapore on any date between 1st July 2010 and 31st December 2012 (both dates inclusive) — the fee payable under rule 7(1)(a), exclusive of any sum added to such fee pursuant to rule 7(1A), in respect of the secondhand vehicle at the time of its first registration in Singapore on any date between 1st July 2010 and 31st December 2012 (both dates inclusive).
Subregulation 2
In granting an application under paragraph (1), the Registrar may impose such conditions as he thinks fit.
Subregulation 2A
The Registrar shall not grant an application under paragraph (1) unless he is satisfied —
that the vehicle was originally constructed by a manufacturer approved by the Registrar to use electricity exclusively, or to use either or both electricity and petrol, as its sources of power; or
where the vehicle was originally constructed by its manufacturer to use petrol exclusively as its source of power but has been modified or retrofitted to operate on multiple power sources, either separately or simultaneously, that the vehicle is safe for use on the roads and satisfies such exhaust emission criteria that is acceptable to the Registrar.
Subregulation 3
Subject to paragraph (4), the amount of the rebate which the Registrar may grant upon an application under paragraph (1) shall be —
in the case of a new vehicle first registered before 1st January 2006, an amount equal to 20% of the value of the vehicle at the date of its first registration as determined by the Registrar under rule 7(3);
in the case of a new vehicle first registered on any date between 1st January 2006 and 31st December 2012 (both dates inclusive), an amount equal to 40% of the value of the vehicle at the date of its first registration as determined by the Registrar under rule 7(3); or
in the case of a secondhand vehicle first registered in Singapore on any date between 1st July 2010 and 31st December 2012 (both dates inclusive), an amount equal to 40% of the value of the vehicle at the date of its first registration in Singapore as determined by the Registrar under rule 7(3).
Subregulation 4
In the case of a new vehicle first registered before 1st June 2004, where the amount of the rebate allowable under paragraph (3) exceeds the sum of —
the fees payable under rules 6 and 7; and
the quota premium payable under the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules for a certificate of entitlement,the excess amount of the rebate shall be forfeited.
Subregulation 5
Where the amount of the rebate allowable under paragraph (3) exceeds the sum of the fees payable under rule 7, the excess amount of the rebate shall be forfeited.