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Reprint as at 1 May 2011
| Public Act | 1986 No 6 |
| Date of assent | 30 April 1986 |
Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986: repealed, on 1 May 2011, by section 33 of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 17).
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Transport.
1 Short Title and commencement
Part 1
Registration and licensing of motor vehicles
4 Registrar of motor vehicles [Repealed]
5 Motor vehicles to be registered and licensed
6 Exemptions from registration and licensing and related fees [Repealed]
6A Production of vehicle inspection certificate
7 Applications for registration
8 Issue of registration plates and certificates of registration
9 Personalised registration plates
9A Application for personalised registration plates
9B Transfer of personalised registration plates to another vehicle or person
9C Personalised registration plates to be held by Registrar until ready to be affixed to vehicle
9D Voluntary or required surrender of registration plates
9E Certain letters and numbers not to be allocated
10 Application for licence for motor vehicle
12 Three-month licences for certain trailers
13 Issue and display of licences
14 Form of registration plates and licences
15 Replacement certificates of registration, licences, and registration plates
16 Change of use of motor vehicle
17 Unauthorised, deceptive, or obscured registration plates or unauthorised licence
18 Registers of motor vehicles
19 Details of registers to be supplied to applicants
20 Notification of change of ownership of motor vehicle
21 Special provisions in relation to change of ownership of motor vehicle
22 Particulars required to be supplied by persons acquiring ownership
23 Production of certificate of registration [Repealed]
24 Endorsement of particulars of change of ownership [Repealed]
25 Fee payable in relation to change of ownership
26 Offences relating to registration, licensing, and change of ownership of motor vehicle
27 Cancellation of registration on destruction or permanent removal of motor vehicle
28 Cancellation of registration where licence for motor vehicle not renewed
29 Unregistered vehicle not to be licensed
Trade plates and trade licences
30 Applications for trade plates
31 Applications for trade licences
32 Form of trade plates and trade licences
34 Issue of trade plates and trade licences
36 Land transport revenue to be paid into national land transport fund
36AA Other prescribed fees received under this Act
36A Exemption, waiver, or discount for fees or charges relating to supply of information from register
Part 2
Licensing of drivers of motor vehicles
37 Unlicensed persons not to drive motor vehicles [Repealed]
38 Learners and persons undergoing tests [Repealed]
39 Evidence in respect of register of drivers' licences [Repealed]
40 Prohibitions relating to drivers' licences [Repealed]
41 Inspection of drivers' licences [Repealed]
42 Director may appoint local authority or other person as agent [Repealed]
43 Licences issued by local authorities deemed to have been issued by Director [Repealed]
44 Issue of drivers' licences [Repealed]
45 National register of drivers' licences [Repealed]
45A Medical reports on licence holders [Repealed]
46 Licences of mentally disordered persons to be suspended [Repealed]
47 Professional driving instructors [Repealed]
48 Regulations [Repealed]
48A Regulations relating to graduated licensing system [Repealed]
Part 3
Miscellaneous provisions
49 Regulations and notice deemed to have been made pursuant to this Act
50 Section 14 of Summary Proceedings Act 1957 not to apply
50A Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace
51A Delegation of Secretary's functions or powers to persons outside Ministry
52 [Repealed]
53 Consequential amendments to Transport Act 1962
54 Vesting of Motor Vehicles (Third-party Risks) Indemnity Fund in Accident Compensation Corporation
55 Consequential amendment to Motor Vehicle Dealers Act 1975 [Repealed]
56 Consequential amendments to Road User Charges Act 1977
57 [Repealed]
Schedule 1
Motor vehicles exempted from registration and licensing (including exemption from fees)
[Repealed]
[Repealed]
Schedule 3
New Part 4 substituted in Schedule 2 to Transport Act 1962
[Repealed]
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the registration and licensing of motor vehicles, the licensing of drivers, and related matters, and to replace Parts 2 and 3 of the Transport Act 1962
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
