Regulation 3A

all of the following criteria are satisfied:

the licence holder is not either of the following:

a new driver in relation to any class of driving licence;

a holder of a foreign driving licence whose foreign driving licence has been held for less than one year after the date of the grant of that licence;

no driving licence of the licence holder was revoked under section 35A(1)(a) of the Act in the immediately preceding 12 months;

the driving licence of the licence holder is not suspended under the Act (including under rule 4);

the licence holder is not prohibited, by a prohibition order under section 47F of the Act or rule 7, from driving a motor vehicle in Singapore;

the driving licence of the licence holder is not liable to suspension under rule 4;

the licence holder is not liable to have a prohibition order under rule 7 made against the licence holder;

the licence holder is not disqualified under the Act from holding a driving licence;

the driving licence of the licence holder does not cease to be in force under section 35(10A) of the Act;

demerit points awarded against the licence holder —

have been disregarded under paragraph (3), or have been cancelled under paragraph (3) as in force immediately before 1 November 2017, on not more than one previous occasion in the immediately preceding 10 years; and

have not been disregarded under paragraph (3), and have not been cancelled under paragraph (3) as in force immediately before 1 November 2017, in the immediately preceding 12 months; and

the Deputy Commissioner of Police awards against the licence holder for a scheduled offence (called in this rule the trigger offence) any demerit points which would result in the licence holder being awarded —

in any case where the licence holder is a person referred to in rule 4(2) or a holder of a foreign driving licence referred to in rule 7(2), a total of 4 or more demerit points within a period of 12 months; or (ii)[Deleted by S 627/2017 wef 01/11/2017](iii)in any other case, a total of 8 or more demerit points within a period of 24 months.

the date specified in the notice to be its last day of validity;

the date immediately before any of the following occurs:

the licence holder becomes a new driver in relation to any class of driving licence;

the driving licence of the licence holder is suspended under the Act (including under rule 4);

the licence holder is prohibited, by a prohibition order under section 47F of the Act or rule 7, from driving a motor vehicle in Singapore;

the driving licence of the licence holder becomes liable to suspension under rule 4;

the licence holder becomes liable to have a prohibition order under rule 7 made against the licence holder;

the licence holder is disqualified under the Act from holding a driving licence;

the driving licence of the licence holder ceases to be in force under section 35(10A) of the Act;

the issue of a new notice of eligibility by the Deputy Commissioner of Police.

the Course is completed —

while the notice of eligibility issued in relation to the trigger offence remains valid; and

within the period of 24 consecutive months or 12 consecutive months (as the case may be) mentioned in rule 4(4) or 7(4) (as the case may be);

demerit points awarded against the licence holder have been disregarded under this paragraph, or have been cancelled under paragraph (3) as in force immediately before 1 November 2017, on not more than one previous occasion in the immediately preceding 10 years; and

demerit points awarded against the licence holder have not been disregarded under this paragraph, and have not been cancelled under paragraph (3) as in force immediately before 1 November 2017, in the immediately preceding 12 months.