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(1) The registered owner of a vehicle whose certificate of registration or licence has been lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed may apply in accordance with this section for the issue of a replacement certificate or licence.
(2) The owner of a vehicle may apply in accordance with this section for the issue of replacement registration plates or (where appropriate) duplicate personalised registration plates if—
(a) The vehicle's plates have been lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed; or
(b) The owner wishes to replace the vehicle's existing plates with reflectorised plates.
(3) The Registrar, or any person appropriately authorised in that behalf under section 8(6)(c) or section 13(6)(c) or section 34(2)(c), shall, if satisfied that the relevant certificate, licence, or registration plate has been lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, or that subsection (2)(b) of this section applies, issue to the owner of the vehicle—
(a) A duplicate certificate of registration; or
(b) A substitute licence; or
(c) A substitute registration plate; or
(d) A duplicate personalised registration plate, where appropriate,—
as the case may require.
(3A) The Registrar may require the surrender of any damaged certificate of registration, licence, or registration plate, or the undamaged part of any set of plates, before issuing any replacement or duplicate certificate, licence, or plate under this section.
(4) Every application under this section 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 owner:
(b) The address of the owner's place of residence or place of business within New Zealand:
(c) The owner's postal address within New Zealand, 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—
and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed under subsection (6) of this section for the issue of the duplicate certificate of registration or under section 14(3) of this Act for the issue of registration plates or a licence, as the case may require.
(4A) Section 7(2) of this Act shall apply with any necessary modifications to applications made under this section as if they were applications under that section.
(5) The Registrar may require the person making the application under subsection (4) of this section to produce a statutory declaration by the person claiming to be the owner of the vehicle that the person is the owner of the vehicle and a statutory declaration by an appropriate person explaining the circumstances in which the certificate, plate, or licence was lost, damaged or destroyed.
(6) The Minister may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, prescribe a fee payable in respect of the issue of a duplicate certificate of registration to cover the cost of production and issue of the certificate.
Subsection (1) was substituted, as from 7 January 1989, by section 4(1) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 171).
Subsection (1) was amended, as from 2 September 1993, by section 11(1) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 110) by inserting the word “registered”
. See regulation 2 Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act Commencement Order 1993 (SR 1993/256).
Subsection (2) was substituted, as from 7 January 1989, and subsection (3A) inserted, as from 7 January 1989, by section 4(1) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 171).
Subsection (3) was substituted, as from 7 January 1989, and subsection (3A) inserted, as from 7 January 1989, by section 4(1) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 171).
Subsection (3) was amended, as from 30 April 1997, by section 6 Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 2) by inserting the words “, or any person appropriately authorised in that behalf under section 8(6)(c) or section 13(6)(c) or section 34(2)(c),”
.
Subsection (3A) was inserted, as from 7 January 1989, by section 4(1) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 171).
Subsection (4) was amended, as from 7 January 1989, by section 4(2) Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 171) by substituting the words “under this section”
for the words “for the issue of any duplicate certificate of registration, substitute registration plate or plates, duplicate personalised registration plate or plates, or substitute licence”
.
Subsection (4A) was inserted, as from 2 September 1993, by section 11 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 1993 (SR 1993/256).