QuestionsQuestions (DOA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 38, S. 1999)
It directs the LTO to renew the registration of certain vehicles that are exempt from the RHD phase-out regulations under DOTC Order No. 94-829, based on an exemption for vintage cars.
DOTC Order No. 94-829, titled as the scheduled phase out of in-use right-hand drive (RHD) vehicles.
The vehicle is classified under item 4d of DOTC Order No. 94-829.
It directs the LTO to renew the registration of the subject vehicle.
Mr. Tomas B. De Castro III, President of the Classic Car Club of the Philippines.
It means the subject vintage vehicle is not covered by the DOTC’s scheduled phase-out rules for in-use RHD vehicles, and therefore its registration should be renewed despite the general RHD regulations.
It is an administrative directive: LTO personnel must process and renew the registration of the vehicles that qualify under the cited exemption, following the DOTC memorandum.
It requires strict compliance and dissemination of the memorandum.
DOTC issued the exemption memorandum (15 Aug 1995). LTO then issued a follow-through memorandum (31 Aug 1995) instructing LTO to renew registrations pursuant to that DOTC exemption.
Within the context of the text, “vintage cars” refers to the specific category of vehicles that fall under item 4d of DOTC Order No. 94-829, and thus are exempt from the RHD phase-out rules.
It provides the specific classification criterion under DOTC Order No. 94-829 that determines whether the vehicle qualifies for the exemption.
It suggests that after DOTC issued the exemption on 15 August 1995, LTO issued an implementing directive several days later to operationalize the exemption through registration renewal.
They function as administrative issuances/implementing directives within the DOTC-LTO regulatory system—DOTC grants an exemption and LTO carries it out by renewing registrations.