A case must be referred to the Public Trustee if: 

a) The motor accident victim suffered bodily injury or died from the motor accident;

b) The motor accident took place in Singapore and any territory specified in the Schedule, which includes West Malaysia;

c) The relevant amount exceeds $5,000;

d) The motor accident victim's solicitor is a Singapore solicitor;

e) The Singapore motor insurer licensed business has to make payment of the settlement sum arising from insurance coverage provided for a Singapore registered vehicle (and therefore not a foreign country motor insurer of foreign country motor vehicles); and

f) A pedestrian or passenger victim in a Malaysian-registered vehicle involved in an accident with a Singapore-registered and insured vehicle on a West Malaysia road.

A case need not be referred to the Public Trustee if:

a) The victim's solicitor is a Malaysian solicitor; and

b) The party responsible to make the payment under the judgement is a Malaysian motor insurer or the owner of a Malaysian vehicle or of a vehicle from another country.