Regulation 1
Citation and commencement
These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Vehicle Removal, Storage and Release Charges — Police) Rules 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st November 2010.
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Road Traffic (Vehicle Removal, Storage and Release Charges — Police) Rules 2010 is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation RTA-S636-2010 1961, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1961.
Citation and commencement
These Rules may be cited as the Road Traffic (Vehicle Removal, Storage and Release Charges — Police) Rules 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st November 2010.
Removal and storage charges
Any vehicle which has been removed from a road by a police officer pursuant to section 123(1)(ii) of the Act may be detained by the Deputy Commissioner of Police at the place to which the vehicle has been taken by the police officer upon its removal until there is paid to the Deputy Commissioner of Police —
the appropriate removal charge at the rates specified in the second column of the Schedule; and
the appropriate storage charge at the rates specified in the third column of that Schedule for each period of 24 hours or part thereof during which the vehicle is detained, such period to be reckoned from noon of the day after the day on which the vehicle was removed.
The appropriate removal charge specified in item 1 of the Schedule shall be paid by the owner of a vehicle that has been removed from a road pursuant to section 123 of the Act, notwithstanding that the vehicle has not also been detained under that section.
Charges for release of vehicle
Subject to paragraph (2), any vehicle to which an immobilisation device has been fixed pursuant to section 123(1)(iii) of the Act shall not be released until there is paid to the Deputy Commissioner of Police a charge of $200.
Where a vehicle to which an immobilisation device has been fixed pursuant to section 123(1)(iii) of the Act is subsequently removed to a place of detention pursuant to section 123(6) of the Act, the vehicle shall not be released until there is paid to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, in addition to the charge referred to in paragraph (1) —
the appropriate removal charge at the rates specified in the second column of the Schedule; and
the appropriate storage charge at the rates specified in the third column of that Schedule for each period of 24 hours or part thereof during which the vehicle is detained, such period to be reckoned from noon of the day after the day on which the vehicle was removed.
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