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(1) Every application for registration of any motor vehicle shall be made by or on behalf of the owner to the Registrar, on a form provided by the Registrar, and shall specify—
(a) The name of the person to be registered as the owner of the vehicle:
(b) The address of the place of residence or place of business within New Zealand of the person to be registered as the owner of the vehicle:
(c) The postal address within New Zealand of the person to be registered as the owner of the vehicle, if that address differs from the address given under paragraph (b) of this subsection:
(d) Where the person to be registered as the owner of the vehicle is a natural person, that person's date of birth:
(e) Such particulars relating to the vehicle as may be required by the Registrar as indicated on the form.
(1A) No person shall be the registered owner of a motor vehicle, except—
(a) A natural person of or over 15 years of age; or
(b) A body corporate; or
(c) An instrument of the Executive Government of New Zealand.
(2) The Registrar may require the person making the application for registration under subsection (1) of this section to produce all or any of the following as may be reasonable in the circumstances:
(a) Evidence of the identity of the person to be registered as the owner of the vehicle:
(b) Evidence of the origin or previous ownership of the vehicle:
(ba) Current evidence of vehicle inspection issued under the Land Transport Act 1998:
(c) A statutory declaration by the person to be registered as the owner of the vehicle that the person is the owner of the vehicle:
(d) Other information or documents to satisfy the Registrar that the application is in order.
(2A) [Repealed]
(3) Every application under this section shall be accompanied by the appropriate prescribed registration fee.
(4) Every application for the registration of a motor vehicle shall be accompanied by or combined with an application for a licence for the motor vehicle.
(5) Every person commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 who makes an application for the registration of a motor vehicle that has been registered under this Part of this Act or the corresponding provisions of any former Act if that person knows or could reasonably be expected to know that the registration is still in force.
Subsection (1) was substituted, as from 30 October 1995, by section 5(1) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 110). See regulation 2 Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act Commencement Order (No 2) 1995 (SR 1995/200).
Subsection (1A) was inserted, as from 30 October 1995, by section 5(2) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 110). See regulation 2 Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act Commencement Order (No 2) 1995 (SR 1995/200).
The original subsection (2)(ba) was inserted, as from 31 March 1995, by section 5(3) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 110). See regulation 2 Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act Commencement Order 1995 (SR 1995/43).
Subsection (2)(ba) was substituted, as from 30 October 1995, by section 4(1) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1995 (1995 No 45). See regulation 2 Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act Commencement Order (No 3) 1995 (SR 1995/201).
Subsection (2)(ba) was substituted, as from 1 March 1999, by section 215(1) Land Transport Act 1998 (1998 No 110).
Subsection (2A) was inserted, as from 31 March 1995, by section 5(4) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 110). See regulation 2 Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act Commencement Order 1995 (SR 1995/43).
Subsection (2A) was repealed, as from 30 October 1995, by section 4(2) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1995 (1995 No 45). See regulation 2 Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act Commencement Order (No 3) 1995 (SR 1995/201).
Subsection (3) was amended, as from 1 December 1994, by section 5(5) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 110) by substituting the words “prescribed registration fee”
for the words “registration fee prescribed in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to this Act”
. See regulation 2 Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act Commencement Order 1994 (SR 1994/243).