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Energy Conservation (Motor Vehicles Subject to Fuel Economy and Vehicular Emissions Requirements) Order 2012 is Singapore Subsidiary Legislation, cited as Subsidiary Legislation ECA-S309-2012 2012, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2012.
Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Energy Conservation (Motor Vehicles Subject to Fuel Economy and Vehicular Emissions Requirements) Order 2012 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2012.
Motor vehicles subject to fuel economy and vehicular emissions requirements
Motor vehicles of the following description and not excluded by sub-paragraph (2) shall be subject to the fuel economy and vehicular emissions requirements in Division 1 of Part 4 of the Act:
as from and including 1 January 2018 — any motor vehicle which is constructed for the carriage of not more than 7 passengers (exclusive of the driver) and having an unladen weight not exceeding 3,000 kilograms;
as from and including 1 January 2018 — any motor vehicle which is constructed for the carriage of goods and having a laden weight not exceeding 3,500 kilograms;
as from and including 1 April 2021 — any bus that —
has a maximum laden weight of not more than 3,500 kilograms; and
is first registered under the Road Traffic Act 1961.
Sub-paragraph (1) excludes —
a motor cycle;
a motor vehicle after its first registration in Singapore under the Road Traffic Act 1961;
a motor vehicle which is first registered outside Singapore and manufactured before 1st January 1940;
a motor vehicle which is first registered outside Singapore and is at least 35 years old (reckoned from the date of such first registration) at the time an application for type‑approval, batch type‑approval or modified type‑approval is made in respect of that motor vehicle;
any motor vehicle —
for which there is no production model; and (ii)in respect of which no type-approval, batch type‑approval or modified type‑approval is granted by the Registrar under rule 3D of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (R 5); (f)any vehicle for which a special purpose licence has been obtained under section 28A of the Road Traffic Act 1961;
as from and including 1 April 2021 — any motor vehicle mentioned in sub paragraph (1)(b) or (c) that is not subject to the additional registration fee under rule 7 of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules; and
as from and including 1 April 2021 — any motor vehicle mentioned in sub paragraph (1)(b) that is specified in the Fourth Schedule to the Road Traffic (Vehicular Emissions Tax) Rules 2017 (G.N. No. S 776/2017).