Singapore legislation

Schedule 7

of Environmental Protection and Management (Vehicular Emissions) Regulations

Schedule 7

Standard for noise emission for in-use licensed motor vehicles registered before 1st July 1999

SEVENTH SCHEDULERegulation 7(2)Standard for noise emission for in-use licensed motor vehicles registered before 1st July 19991. A motor vehicle of any of the following classes shall not emit any noise exceeding the noise level specified against that class of motor vehicle when measured 0.5 metre from the open end of the exhaust pipe of the vehicle:Class of vehicle Noise level in Decibels (A)(a)Motor cycle (with or without a side car), scooter or trivan The higher of the following:

(i)

106;

(ii)

+5 above the reference value for the motor vehicle(b)Motor car, taxi or station wagon (whether for passengers only or for goods and passengers) The higher of the following:

(i)

105;

(ii)

+5 above the reference value for the motor vehicle(c)Light goods vehicle The higher of the following:

(i)

109;

(ii)

+5 above the reference value for the motor vehicle(d)Goods vehicle or bus with engine capacity not exceeding 10,000 cubic centimetres The higher of the following:

(i)

113;

(ii)

+5 above the reference value for the motor vehicle”;

(e)

Goods vehicle or bus with an engine capacity exceeding 10,000 cubic centimetres The higher of the following:

(i)

115;

(ii)

+5 above the reference value for the motor vehicle.[S 249/2022 wef 01/04/2022]2. In addition, a motor vehicle of any of the following classes, for which a major modification mentioned in rule 12B(2) of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules is made involving any modification or alteration of the exhaust system of the motor vehicle, must conform to any of the standards for exhaust noise emission specified against that class of motor vehicle:First column Second columnClass of vehicle Standard for exhaust noise emission(a)Two-wheeled or three-wheeled motor cycle (with or without a side car) or two-wheeled or three-wheeled scooter (with or without a side car) (i)Regulation No. 92 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) - Uniform provisions concerning the approval of non-original replacement exhaust silencing systems (RESS) for motorcycles, mopeds and three-wheeled vehicles (Revision 1 - Amendment 2, incorporating the 01 series of amendments to the Regulation); (ii)Directive 97/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1997 on certain components and characteristics of two or three-wheel motor vehicles; (iii)Regulation (EU) 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles; or (iv)Automobile Type Approval Handbook for Japanese Certification (Blue Book) 11-3-112 Attachment 112: Technical Standard for Aftermarket Silencers(b)Motor car, taxi or station wagon (whether for passengers only or for goods and passengers), or goods vehicle or bus (i)Regulation No. 59 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) - Uniform provisions concerning the approval of replacement silencing systems (Revision 1, incorporating the 01 series of amendments to the Regulation), or (Revision 2, incorporating the 02 series of amendments to the Regulation); (ii)EC Council Directive 70/157/EEC of 6 February 1970 as last amended by Commission Directive 96/20/EC of 27 March 1996; (iii)EU 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directive 70/157/EEC; or (iv)Automobile Type Approval Handbook for Japanese Certification (Blue Book) 11-3-112 Attachment 112: Technical Standard for Aftermarket Silencers[S 249/2022 wef 01/04/2022]3. In this Schedule —“exhaust system” has the meaning given by rule 106 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules;“light goods vehicle” means —

(a)

a goods vehicle the maximum laden weight of which does not exceed 3 metric tons and which is registered in Singapore using a certificate of entitlement issued before 1 July 1999; or

(b)

a goods vehicle the maximum laden weight of which does not exceed 3.5 metric tons and which is registered in Singapore using a certificate of entitlement issued on or after 1 July 1999,but does not include any construction equipment, engineering plant, recovery vehicle, vehicle used as a mobile canteen or mobile bank and any vehicle used for a specific purpose such as a horse float;“reference value”, in relation to a motor vehicle, means the stationary noise level specified in the documents accepted by the Registrar of Vehicles for the purpose of the grant of batch type-approval, type-approval or modified type-approval (as the case may be) under rule 3D of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules in respect of that motor vehicle or model of motor vehicle, as the case may be.[S 249/2022 wef 01/04/2022]