Singapore legislation

Regulation 24C

of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Quota System) Rules

Regulation 24C

Issue or renewal of certificates of entitlement for normal vintage vehicles, restricted vintage vehicles or revised use vintage vehicles

Amended byS 507/2014 wef 01/08/2014S 129/2013 wef 08/03/2013S 699/2017 wef 20/12/2017S 971/2022 wef 19/12/2022S 11/2024 wef 01/01/2024S 235/2025 wef 01/04/2025S 366/2012 wef 01/08/2012

Subregulation 1

Where —

(a)

any person intends to apply for the issuance of a certificate of entitlement for the purpose of being registered as the owner of a normal vintage vehicle;

(b)

any person intends to apply for the issuance of a certificate of entitlement for the purpose of being registered as the owner of a revised use vintage vehicle;

(c)

any person intends to apply for the issuance of a certificate of entitlement for the purpose of re-registering a restricted vintage vehicle as a normal vintage vehicle;

(d)

any person intends to apply for the issuance of a certificate of entitlement for the purpose of re-registering a restricted vintage vehicle as a revised use vintage vehicle;

(e)

any person intends to apply for the renewal of a certificate of entitlement for the purpose of re-registering a normal vintage vehicle as a revised use vintage vehicle;

(f)

any person intends to apply for the renewal of a certificate of entitlement for the purpose of re-registering a revised use vintage vehicle as a normal vintage vehicle (with no restriction on the transfer of the registration of the normal vintage vehicle);

(g)

any person intends to apply for the renewal of a certificate of entitlement in respect of a normal vintage vehicle;

(h)

any person intends to apply for the renewal of a certificate of entitlement in respect of a revised use vintage vehicle; or

(i)

any person intends to apply for the issuance of a certificate of entitlement for the purpose of re-registering a restricted vintage vehicle which was registered before 1st May 1990 and for which the exemption under the Road Traffic (Quota System — Exemption) Order (O 5) has ceased or been revoked,that person may make an application to the Registrar for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of entitlement, as the case may be, for a period of 10 years.

Subregulation 2

The Registrar may, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, issue or renew a certificate of entitlement for a period of 10 years, commencing from the date of the issuance or renewal, as the case may be, or such other date as the Registrar may specify.

Subregulation 2A

Amended byS 507/2014 wef 01/08/2014

Where an application for the renewal of a certificate of entitlement is made at a time after its expiration, the Registrar may renew the certificate of entitlement from the date of its expiration, and the registration of the vehicle in relation to which the certificate of entitlement is renewed shall not be cancelled notwithstanding that no certificate of entitlement relating to the vehicle was in force between the time of the expiration of the certificate of entitlement and its renewal.

Subregulation 3

Every application for the issue of a certificate of entitlement under paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (i) shall be accompanied by the levy specified in the First Schedule.

Subregulation 4

Every application under paragraph (1)(e), (f), (g) or (h) may be made before any existing certificate of entitlement expires, or at any time not exceeding one month after its expiration, or such further period exceeding one month after its expiration as the Registrar may allow, and shall be accompanied by —

(a)

the levy specified in the First Schedule; and

(b)

the fee specified in the Second Schedule where the application is made after the expiration of a certificate of entitlement that expires on or after 15th April 2002.

Subregulation 5

Where the payment or part payment of any levy or fee referred to in paragraph (3) or (4)(a) or (b) is made in a form other than by cash, nothing in this rule shall require the Registrar to issue or renew a certificate of entitlement until the payment has been honoured or otherwise effected.

Subregulation 6

Amended byS 129/2013 wef 08/03/2013S 699/2017 wef 20/12/2017S 971/2022 wef 19/12/2022S 11/2024 wef 01/01/2024S 235/2025 wef 01/04/2025

For the purposes of this rule, where —

(a)

an application has been made for the issue or renewal of a certificate of entitlement;

(b)

payment or part payment of any levy or fee referred to in paragraph (3) or (4)(a) or (b) is made in a form other than by cash; and

(c)

the payment is subsequently dishonoured or otherwise not effected,an administrative fee of $42.51 shall be payable in respect of the application.

Subregulation 7

The Registrar may waive, in whole or in part, the fee payable under paragraph (4)(b) or (6).

Subregulation 8

In granting an application under paragraph (1), the Registrar may impose such conditions as he thinks fit.

Subregulation 9

Amended byS 366/2012 wef 01/08/2012

A certificate of entitlement that is renewed under paragraph (1)(e), (f), (g) or (h) before the existing certificate of entitlement expires shall not have any residual value in respect of the period between the date of its issue or renewal and the date on which it would otherwise expire.