Singapore legislation
Regulation 16
Regulation 16
Term of certificate of entitlement
Subregulation 1
Subject to these Rules, a certificate of entitlement shall be in force from the date of its issue until —
in the case of a taxi which is not an electric car, the taxi —
becomes 8 years old if the taxi has been registered before 1st September 2003 and —
its registered owner applies in writing to the Authority to use or keep the taxi for 8 years; and
an additional quota premium or additional levy, as the case may be, in respect of the taxi has been paid under rule 24B; (ii)becomes 8 years old if the taxi is registered on or after 1 September 2003 but before 1 January 2025 and sub-paragraph (iii) does not apply;
becomes 10 years old if the taxi is registered before 1 January 2025 and —
its registered owner applies in writing to the Authority under rule 24BB to use or keep the taxi for 10 years; and
an additional levy in respect of the taxi has been paid under rule 24BB; or
becomes 10 years old if the taxi is registered on or after 1 January 2025;
(aa)in the case of a taxi which is an electric car, the taxi —
becomes 8 years old if the taxi is registered before 15 September 2022 and sub-paragraph (ii) does not apply;
becomes 10 years old if the taxi is registered before 15 September 2022 and —
its registered owner applies in writing to the Authority under rule 24BA to use or keep the taxi for 10 years; and
an additional levy in respect of the taxi has been paid under rule 24BA; or
becomes 10 years old if the taxi is registered on or after 15 September 2022;
in the case where a certificate of entitlement is issued under rule 14(1B), the expiry of the period of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 years, as the case may be, from the date of issue of the certificate of entitlement;
(ba)in the case where a certificate of entitlement is issued under rule 11 for an application under rule 9E for registering a pre-2018 ambulance as another vehicle, the expiry of a period of 10 years;
(bb)in the case where the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) Order has ceased to apply in respect of any motor vehicle and a certificate of entitlement is issued in respect of the motor vehicle, the expiry of a period of 10 years; and
in any other case, the motor vehicle becomes 10 years old.
Subregulation 1A
A certificate of entitlement issued in respect of a PU-registered vehicle in the circumstances referred to in rule 13(1)(b) shall, unless otherwise specified by the Registrar, be deemed to have been in force for a period of 10 years with effect from the date of registration of that vehicle as a PU-registered vehicle.
Subregulation 1B
The transfer of a certificate of entitlement to a replacement vehicle under rule 19A shall not affect the period that the certificate of entitlement shall be in force, as determined under this rule in respect of the original vehicle.
Subregulation 2
For the purpose of this rule, the age of a vehicle shall be reckoned from the date of its first registration in Singapore.