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34.
—(1) The Minister may make rules for any purpose for which rules may be made under this Part and for prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Part, and otherwise for the purpose of carrying this Part into effect and, in particular, may make rules —
(a)
to regulate the registration and licensing of vehicles, to prescribe the forms of application for and the contents of vehicle licences, and to provide special facilities for the licensing of motor vehicles brought into Singapore from places outside Singapore;
(b)
[Deleted by Act 4/2006 wef 27/02/2006]
(c)
to prescribe the size, shape and character of the identification marks or the signs to be fixed on any vehicle and the manner in which those marks or signs are to be secured, sealed, displayed and rendered easily distinguishable whether by night or by day and to prohibit those marks, signs and seals from being tampered with;
(d)
to provide for the marking of prescribed particulars on any vehicle;
(da)
to require any person to whom any vehicle is sold or disposed of or any person who sold or disposed of any vehicle to furnish such particulars of the sale or disposal as the Registrar may require;
(e)
to prescribe the form of, and the particulars to be included in, the register with respect to vehicles for which a general licence has been taken out by a manufacturer, repairer or dealer and the identification marks to be carried by any such vehicle and to define the purposes for which the holder of a general licence may use a vehicle under such general licence;
(f)
to extend any provisions as to registration and provisions incidental to any such provisions to any vehicle in respect of which taxes chargeable under this Part are not payable and to provide for the identification of any such vehicle;
(g)
to provide for information contained in any records maintained by the Registrar with respect to the marking, registration or keeping of vehicles to be made public or to be made available, either without payment or on payment of the prescribed fee, to such persons as may be determined by or under the rules;
(h)
with respect to the form and particulars to be included in a notice under section 17(2)(b), the manner of giving such a notice and the time at which it is to be treated as being given;
(i)
for securing that notice under section 17(2)(b) is not given in respect of a period of less than 30 days or more than 12 months;
(j)
as to the mode of calculating the period in respect of which notice under section 17(2)(b) is to be treated as given;
(k)
with respect to the mode of proving the giving of the said notice;
(l)
for deeming the said notice to have been given in relation to a vehicle in respect of any period or at any time if in the circumstances of any particular case the Minister considers it reasonable to do so;
(m)
to make provision with respect to the furnishing of information and production of certificates of insurance or security and with respect to the registration and identification of such vehicles (including vehicles belonging to the Government);
(n)
to prescribe the particulars to be marked on vehicles and trailers;
(o)
to prescribe such fees and costs as are payable for the recovery of any tax payable under this Act;
(p)
to prohibit the registration under this Act of used vehicles beyond a prescribed age-limit;
(q)
to prescribe a levy for the re-registration of a used vehicle in the name of the purchaser of the vehicle;
(r)
to regulate the registration, licensing, keeping and use of heavy vehicles; and
(s)
to regulate the registration and licensing of a replacement vehicle, and to deem the date of registration of the replacement vehicle to be the same as that of the vehicle which it replaced for any of the purposes of this Act.
(2) The Minister may make rules for carrying out or giving effect to sections 33A and 33B and, in particular, the rules may —
(a)
prescribe the qualifications of persons who may be registered as electronic service agents;
(b)
provide for the inspection by the Authority or any person authorised in writing by the Authority of records and accounts kept by electronic service agents in compliance with a condition imposed under section 33A(1) ;
(c)
provide for the cancellation or suspension by the Authority of registrations of electronic service agents;
(d)
provide for the cancellation or suspension by the Authority of authentication codes and accounts with the electronic service;
(e)
provide that only specified persons may file with or submit to the Registrar a particular document through the electronic service;
(f)
prescribe the manner in which any fee, tax, levy, deposit and other charges payable under this Part or rules made thereunder are to be paid when any document is filed or submitted through the electronic service;
(g)
provide for the correction of errors in, or the amendment of, any document that is filed or submitted through the electronic service;
(h)
prescribe the fees for the assignment of authentication codes and accounts with the electronic service, the cancellation or suspension of any authentication code or account with the electronic service at the request of the holder thereof, the registration of electronic service agents, the use of the electronic service and the correction or amendment referred to in paragraph (g); and
(i)
prescribe anything which is permitted or required to be prescribed under section 33B .