Singapore legislation
Regulation 19
Regulation 19
Classification of motor vehicles
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of these Rules, motor vehicles shall be divided into the following classes:
Class 1 vehicles which shall consist of invalid carriages, that is to say, motor vehicles the weight of which unladen does not exceed 250 kilograms and which are specially designed and constructed, and not merely adapted, for the use of persons suffering from some physical defect or disability and are used solely by those persons;
Class 2 vehicles which shall consist of motor cycles with a cylinder capacity that exceeds 400 cubic centimetres, and electric motor cycles with a power rating that exceeds 25 kW;
Class 2A vehicles which shall consist of motor cycles with a cylinder capacity that exceeds 200 but does not exceed 400 cubic centimetres, and electric motor cycles with a power rating that exceeds 15 kW but that does not exceed 25 kW;
Class 2B vehicles which shall consist of motor cycles with a cylinder capacity that does not exceed 200 cubic centimetres, and electric motor cycles with a power rating that does not exceed 15 kW;
Class 3 vehicles which shall consist of —
motor cars constructed solely and adapted to carry not more than 7 passengers (exclusive of the driver) and the weight of which unladen does not exceed 3,000 kilograms; (ii)motor tractors and other motor vehicles (not being electric light goods vehicles or electric small buses) the weight of which unladen does not exceed 2,500 kilograms;
(iia)electric light goods vehicles and electric small buses the weight of which unladen does not exceed 3,000 kilograms; and
ambulances, and medical transport vehicles, constructed and adapted to carry not more than 7 passengers (exclusive of the driver) and the weight of which unladen does not exceed 3,000 kilograms;
(ea)Class 3A vehicles which shall consist of any Class 3 vehicle that can be driven without the use of a clutch pedal;
(eb)Class 3C vehicles which consist of any Class 3 vehicle other than a vehicle referred to in paragraph (e)(ii), (iia) and (iii);
(ec)Class 3CA vehicles which consist of any Class 3C vehicle that can be driven without the use of a clutch pedal;
Class 4 vehicles which shall consist of heavy motor cars and motor tractors, the weight of which unladen exceeds 2,500 kilograms;
(fa)Class 4P vehicles which consist of any Class 4 vehicle that can be driven without the use of a clutch pedal;
Class 4A vehicles which shall consist of heavy motor cars which are omnibuses, that is to say, public service vehicles which are used on scheduled services and in which passengers are charged separate and distinct fares;
(ga)Class 4AP vehicles which consist of any Class 4A vehicle that can be driven without the use of a clutch pedal;
Class 5 vehicles which shall consist of —
light locomotives, that is to say, motor vehicles which are not constructed to carry any load (other than water, fuel, accumulators and other equipment and materials used for the purpose of propulsion, loose tools and loose equipment) and the weight of which unladen does not exceed 11,500 kilograms; and
heavy locomotives, that is to say, motor vehicles which are not constructed to carry any load (other than water, fuel, accumulators and other equipment and materials used for the purpose of propulsion, loose tools and loose equipment) and the weight of which unladen exceeds 11,500 kilograms;
Class 5P vehicles which consist of any Class 5 vehicle that can be driven without the use of a clutch pedal.
Subregulation 2
In this rule —
Definition
“electric light goods vehicle” means a light goods vehicle that is —
propelled wholly by electricity; and
equipped with a battery;
Definition
“electric small bus” means a small bus that is —
propelled wholly by electricity; and
equipped with a battery;
Definition
“light goods vehicle” has the meaning given by rule 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing Rules) (R 5);
Definition
“small bus” means a bus which has a maximum laden weight not exceeding 3,500 kilograms.