New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) Every person who acquires ownership of a motor vehicle shall give to the Registrar or to a person authorised by the Secretary in that behalf, on a form provided by the Registrar,—
(a) The full name and occupation of the intended registered owner of the vehicle; and
(b) The address of the place of residence or place of business within New Zealand of the intended registered owner of the vehicle; and
(c) The postal address within New Zealand, if that address differs from the address given under paragraph (b) of this section, of the intended registered owner of the vehicle; and
(d) Where the intended registered owner is a natural person, that person's date of birth.
(2) Section 7(2) of this Act shall apply to applications made under this section as if they were applications under that section.
(3) 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.
Compare: 1962 No 135 s 18(2A); 1985 No 50 s 4(2)
This section was substituted, as from 30 October 1995, by section 14(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 (1) was amended, as from 30 April 1997, by section 8 Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 2) by substituting the words “or to a person authorised by the Secretary in that behalf, on a form provided by the Registrar”
for the words “, on the form referred to in section 20 of this Act”
.