Singapore legislation
Regulation 15
of Environmental Protection and Management (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations
Regulation 15
Rectification notices
Subregulation 1
The Director-General shall immediately issue a rectification notice to the owner of the motor vehicle concerned —
after receipt of an inspection report issued under regulation 12(3)(b) if no appeal under regulation 13(1) is made; or
if such an appeal is made, after receipt of a notification under regulation 14(5)(b) of a specially appointed approved vehicle examiner’s refusal to issue a certificate of compliance following a re-examination of the motor vehicle on that appeal.
Subregulation 2
The Director-General may also issue a rectification notice to the owner of any motor vehicle that is in use (whether registered in Singapore or elsewhere and whether brought temporarily into Singapore or otherwise) where it appears to him that the motor vehicle has been used contrary to any provision in these Regulations.
Subregulation 3
A rectification notice shall state —
in what respect the motor vehicle is found not to satisfy any requirement of the applicable prescribed standard; and
that, unless the motor vehicle is submitted for a further examination by an approved vehicle examiner at an approved vehicle testing station and within such period as may be specified in the rectification notice and is found at that further examination to conform to all the applicable prescribed standards, the rectification notice will remain in force for that motor vehicle with effect from the date of the notice.
Subregulation 4
Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (5), no person shall use on a road at any time, or cause or permit to be so used, a motor vehicle in respect of which there is a rectification notice in force.
Subregulation 5
A motor vehicle in respect of which there is a rectification notice in force may be used —
on a journey for the purpose of effecting repairs thereto and its further examination at an approved vehicle testing station in accordance with the notice; or
for such period and under such other circumstances as the Director-General may expressly authorise its continued use.
Subregulation 6
The Director-General shall cancel any authorisation granted under paragraph (5)(b) for the continued use of a motor vehicle in respect of which a rectification notice is in force if the motor vehicle —
is not submitted for a further examination in accordance with the terms of the rectification notice; or
is found at that further examination to still not conform to all the applicable prescribed standards.
Subregulation 7
Any person who contravenes paragraph (4) shall be guilty of an offence.