New Zealand Legislation: Acts

10 Issue of licences

• (1) Every licence shall be in the prescribed form and colour and contain the prescribed information.

  (2) No licence shall relate to more than one vehicle.

  (3) Licences may be issued—

  • (a) By the chief executive in such manner as he or she thinks fit:

  • (b) By such persons (whether or not employed in the Ministry of Transport) and in such manner as the chief executive may authorise in that behalf.

  (4) Without limiting subsection (3) of this section, the chief executive may authorise any employee or agent of any such authorised person to issue licences.

  (5) Any person authorised by or under this section to issue licences may issue, in a form prescribed by the chief executive, proof of purchase of a licence.

  (6) The chief executive or any other person authorised to issue licences may decline to issue a licence in any case where—

  • (a) The applicant has an outstanding debt under this Act; or

  • (b) The weight specified in the application is less than the tare weight of the vehicle for which the licence is sought; or

  • (c) By virtue of regulations made under section 24 of this Act, the applicant is not entitled to hold a licence.

  (7) Where the applicant has a history of failing to pay the appropriate road user charge or the prescribed administration fee, or both, when making an application for a licence, the issue of a licence may be made conditional on the payment in cash of the amounts due or the giving of an appropriate security in respect of those amounts.

  This section was substituted, and section 10A inserted, as from 1 April 1993, by section 6 Road User Charges Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 114).