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(1) On receipt of an application for a licence for any motor vehicle, the prescribed fee (if any), and the accident compensation levy (if any) in respect of the vehicle, the Registrar, or a person authorised in that behalf under subsection (6), if satisfied that the application is in order, shall issue the appropriate licence for the motor vehicle, and shall ensure that the expiry date of the licence is shown on the copy of the application for the licence that is returned to the applicant.
(2) No licence shall be issued for any motor vehicle that is not for the time being registered under this Part of this Act.
(3) No licence shall be issued for any motor vehicle for which the appropriate levies payable under section 214 of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001 in respect of the period for which the licence is to be in force has not been paid.
(4) A licence for a motor vehicle issued in accordance with this Part of this Act shall be affixed to the motor vehicle in the manner prescribed in a notice made under section 14 of this Act and may be affixed to the vehicle at any time within the month before the date on which it comes into force.
(5) Where any licence is affixed to a motor vehicle in the prescribed manner at any time within the month before the date on which it comes into force, and a current licence is in force in respect of the vehicle, the display of the new licence shall be sufficient evidence that the vehicle is licensed.
(6) The Secretary may authorise any person (whether or not employed in the Ministry of Transport) to issue licences for motor vehicles under this section, and any such authorisation may—
(a) Include within the authorisation any employees or agents of the person principally authorised:
(b) Specify the manner in which the authority is to be exercised:
(c) Also be expressed to apply for the purposes of issuing substitute licences under section 15.
Subsection (1) was amended, as from 30 April 1997, by section 5(1) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 2) by inserting the words “or a person authorised in that behalf under subsection (6),”
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Subsection (3) was amended, as from 1 April 2002, by section 337(1) Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001 (2001 No 49), by substituting the words “the appropriate levies payable under section 214 of the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001”
for the words “the accident compensation levy”
. See Part 10 of that Act for provisions relating to transition from competitive provision of workplace accident insurance. See Part 11 of that Act for transitional provisions relating to entitlements provided by Corporation.
Subsection (6) was inserted, as from 30 April 1997, by section 5(2) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 2).