New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
The following classes of motor vehicle are exempt from the requirement of section 5(1A)(a) of the Act to be licensed at all times by their owners:
(a) Vehicles described in any part of the Schedule of the Transit New Zealand (Exempted Vehicles) Order 19951 (being vehicles exempt from excise duty under Part 5 of the Government Roading Powers Act 1989):
(b) Motor vehicles manufactured before 1 January 1919 (veteran vehicles):
(c) Motor vehicles manufactured on or after 1 January 1919 that are at least 40 years old (vintage vehicles):
(d) Pedestrian-controlled goods service vehicles:
(e) Tractors and self-propelled agricultural machines:
(f) Trailers having a gross laden weight not exceeding 3,500 kilograms:
(g) All terrain vehicles (as defined in regulation 2 of the Transport (Drivers Licensing) Regulations 19872):
(h) Motor vehicles while being held for the purpose of sale by any motor vehicle trader within the meaning of the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003 who is or belongs to a class of motor vehicle traders approved by the Secretary by notice in the Gazette for the purpose of this regulation:
(i) Stolen motor vehicles (until returned to the owner's possession after the theft).
Regulations 3B to 3F were inserted, as from 1 September 1997, by regulation 2 Transport (Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Amendment Regulations 1997 (SR 1997/141).
Regulation 3B(a): amended, on 1 August 2008, by section 50(2) of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).
Paragraph (h) was amended, as from 15 December 2003, by section 145 Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003 (2003 No 12) by substituting the words “motor vehicle trader within the meaning of the Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003 who is or belongs to a class of motor vehicle traders”
for the words “motor vehicle dealer who is or belongs to a class of motor vehicle dealers”
. See sections 148 to 162 of that Act as to the transitional provisions. See clause 2 Motor Vehicle Sales Act Commencement Order 2003 (SR 2003/329).