New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) Every application for a licence for 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) such particulars relating to the vehicle as may be required by the Registrar as indicated on the form.
(1A) [Repealed]
(2) Subject to subsection (2A) of this section, there shall be paid by the owner of the motor vehicle, on making application for a licence for the vehicle, the appropriate prescribed fee, any prescribed fees payable in respect of certificates of fitness inspections and transport licensing fees, and the appropriate levies payable under section 214 of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001.
(2A) If a person becomes the owner of a motor vehicle in respect of which the licence has expired,—
(a) that person shall be liable to pay only that part of the fees and levies payable under subsection (2) of this section as the Registrar determines relate to the period commencing on the day after the date on which the person became the owner of the motor vehicle; and
(b) any previous owner or owners of that motor vehicle shall be liable to pay that part of the fees and levies payable under subsection (2) of this section as the Registrar determines relate to the period in respect of which that person was the owner or those persons were the owners of the motor vehicle.
(3) In the case of a licence issued for a period less than a year, the fees referred to in subsection (2) of this section and the appropriate levies payable under section 214 of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001 shall be reduced by one three hundred and sixty-fifth for each day by which the period of issue is less than 1 year.
(4) [Repealed]
(5) [Repealed]
(6) Every person commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 who uses any motor vehicle for which a licence fee has been paid which is lower than the licence fee payable for motor vehicles of that class.
Section 10(1): substituted, on 30 October 1995, by section 9(1) of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 110).
Section 10(1A): inserted, on 31 March 1995, by section 9(2) of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment 1995 (1995 No 45).
Section 10(1A): repealed, on 30 October 1995, by section 5(1) of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1995 (1995 No 45).
Section 10(2): amended by section 35 of the Land Transport Act 1993 (1993 No 88).
Section 10(2): amended, on 1 December 1994, by section 9(3) of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 110).
Section 10(2): amended, on 30 October 1995, by section 5(2) of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1995 (1995 No 45).
Section 10(2): amended, on 1 April 2002, by section 337(1) of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001 (2001 No 49).
Section 10(2A): inserted, on 30 October 1995, by section 5(3) of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1995 (1995 No 45).
Section 10(3): amended, on 1 April 2002, by section 337(1) of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001 (2001 No 49).
Section 10(4): repealed, on 30 October 1995, by section 9(4) of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 110).
Section 10(5): repealed, on 30 October 1995, by section 9(4) of the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 110).
