Singapore legislation
Regulation 14
Regulation 14
Restrictions against taking test of competence to ride Class 2, 2A or 2B vehicle
Subregulation 1
A person shall not be allowed to apply for or take a test of competence to ride a Class 2B vehicle if —
as the holder of a driving licence of any other class, he has accumulated more than 12 demerit points as at the date of his application to take the test of competence or the date of his test; or
as a new driver, he has, before the date of his application to take the test of competence or the date of his test, committed on 2 or more occasions the offence under rule 5(4) of the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Rules (R 32) of failing to display the distinguishing mark during his period of probation, whether or not he has been charged with or convicted of that offence arising from any of the occasions on which he committed such offence.
Subregulation 2
A person shall not be allowed to apply for or take a test of competence to ride a Class 2A vehicle if —
he has been holding a driving licence in respect of a Class 2B vehicle for less than one year starting from the date that his Class 2B licence is granted;
as the holder of a driving licence of any other class, he has accumulated more than 12 demerit points as at the date of his application to take the test of competence or the date of his test; or
as a new driver, he has, before the date of his application to take the test of competence or the date of his test, committed on 2 or more occasions the offence under rule 5(4) of the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Rules (R 32) of failing to display the distinguishing mark during his period of probation, whether or not he has been charged with or convicted of that offence arising from any of the occasions on which he committed such offence.
Subregulation 3
A person shall not be allowed to apply for or take a test of competence to ride a Class 2 vehicle if —
he has been holding a driving licence in respect of a Class 2A vehicle for less than one year starting from the date that his Class 2A licence is granted;
as the holder of a driving licence of any other class, he has accumulated more than 12 demerit points as at the date of his application to take the test of competence or the date of his test; or
as a new driver, he has, before the date of his application to take the test of competence or the date of his test, committed on 2 or more occasions the offence under rule 5(4) of the Road Traffic (New Drivers) Rules of failing to display the distinguishing mark during his period of probation, whether or not he has been charged with or convicted of that offence arising from any of the occasions on which he committed such offence.
Subregulation 4
Paragraph (2)(a) (or any former provision replaced by that provision which required the person to have been holding a driving licence in respect of a Class 2B vehicle for at least one year when he takes a test of competence to ride a Class 2A vehicle) shall not apply to, or in relation to, the application for or taking of the Police Class 2 Intermediate riding test (Basic) by an officer of the Singapore Police Force.
Subregulation 5
Paragraph (3)(a) (or any former provision replaced by that provision which required the person to have been holding a driving licence in respect of a Class 2A vehicle for at least one year when he takes a test of competence to ride a Class 2 vehicle) shall not apply to, or in relation to, the application for or taking of the Police Class 2 Intermediate riding test (Basic) by an officer of the Singapore Police Force.