Singapore legislation
Regulation 16
of Environmental Protection and Management (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations
Regulation 16
Re-examination by approved vehicle examiners, etc.
Subregulation 1
Except where otherwise provided, any re-examination under regulation 12 or 14 and any further examination pursuant to a rectification notice under regulation 15(3) shall be carried out by vehicle examiners and at vehicle testing stations approved under this regulation only.
Subregulation 2
Every application for approval shall —
be made to the Director-General; and
be signed by the vehicle examiner or a person duly authorised to do so on its behalf if the vehicle examiner is a firm or body corporate.
Subregulation 3
The Director-General may require a separate application for approval to be made in respect of each of the vehicle testing stations at which a vehicle examiner intends to carry out any re-examination of motor vehicles under regulation 12 or 14 or further examination under regulation 15(3), as the case may be.
Subregulation 4
On receipt of an application under paragraph (2) from a vehicle examiner, the Director-General may, after making such investigation and carrying out such inspection as he considers necessary —
approve, with or without conditions, the vehicle examiner for the purpose of carrying out any re-examination or further examination of motor vehicles under regulation 12, 14 or 15(3), as the case may be, in respect of any class or classes of motor vehicles; or
reject the application.
Subregulation 5
An approved vehicle examiner shall not authorise any person to carry out or personally supervise any such re-examinations or further examinations at any of its approved vehicle testing stations unless the person has undergone successfully a course of instruction approved by the Director-General and is regarded by the Director-General to be competent to act for that purpose.
Subregulation 6
Approved vehicle examiners shall ensure that all apparatus used or necessary for the purposes of any such re-examination or further examination under regulation 12, 14 or 15(3) shall be maintained in an efficient state and, in the case of any such apparatus designed to indicate any measurement, that such apparatus shall do so accurately within reasonable limits.