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SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1924.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1924.

Regulations under the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924.

ROBERT STOUT,

Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of December, 1924.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section thirty-six of the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the regulations hereinafter set forth, and doth hereby declare that the said regulations shall come into force on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.

R E G U L A T I O N S.

1. (1.) EVERY application for the registration of a motor-vehicle shall be in the form numbered (1) in the Schedule hereto or to the effect thereof.

(2.) Every certificate of registration issued pursuant to section six of the said Act shall be in the form numbered (2) in the said Schedule.

2. (1.) The distinguishing marks to be kept affixed to any registered motor-vehicle as required by section six of the said Act shall be exhibited on two plates (in these regulations referred to as registration-plates) which shall, save as hereinafter provided with respect to motor-cycles, be fixed one on the front and the other on the back of the motor-vehicle, in an upright position, so that every letter and figure on the plate is upright and easily distinguishable.

(2.) In the case of a motor-cycle the registration-plate fixed on the front of the cycle may, if it has duplicate faces, be fixed so that, from whichever side of the motor-cycle it is viewed the letters and figures on one or other face of the plate shall be easily distinguishable though they may not be distinguishable from the front of the motor-cycle.

3. (1.) Application for a license to use a motor-vehicle shall be in the form numbered (3) in the Schedule hereto or to the effect thereof.

(2.) Every license to use a motor-vehicle shall be in the form numbered (4) in the Schedule hereto or to the effect thereof.

4. On completion of the registration and licensing of a motor-vehicle the Deputy Registrar shall supply to the owner of the motor-vehicle the appropriate registration-plates. A charge sufficient to cover the cost of such plates may be made.

5. Notice of the destruction of any motor-vehicle or of its permanent removal from New Zealand, or of the fact that any motor-vehicle has become permanently useless, required by section 15 of the said Act to be given to the Deputy Registrar at whose office the motor-vehicle is registered, shall be in the form numbered (5) in the Schedule hereto or to the effect thereof.

6. Notice of the change of garage of any motor-vehicle, required by section 16 of the said Act to be given to the Deputy Registrar at whose office the motor-vehicle is registered, shall be in the form numbered (6) in the Schedule hereto or to the effect thereof.

7. Notice of the change of ownership of any motor-vehicle required by subsection (1) of section 17 of the said Act to be given to the Deputy Registrar at whose office the motor-vehicle is registered shall be in the form numbered (7) in the Schedule hereto or to the effect thereof, and the endorsement required by subsection (2) of that section shall be in the form numbered (8) in the said Schedule.

8. The application to be made by any manufacturer of or dealer in motor-vehicles for the issue of registration-plates with a distinguishing mark as required by subsection (1) of section 18 of the said Act shall be in the form numbered (9) in the Schedule hereto or to the effect thereof.

9. There shall be kept by the Registrar a register of all persons being dealers in or manufacturers of motor-vehicles to whom registration-plates are issued in terms of section 18 of the said Act.

10. (1.) If any registration-plate or certificate of registration or license issued in respect of a motor-vehicle is lost or mutilated or becomes illegible, it shall be the duty of the owner of the motor-vehicle forthwith to make application to the appropriate Deputy Registrar for a substitute for such registration-plate or a duplicate of such certificate of registration or license.

(2.) On receipt of such application and on being satisfied as to the facts, the Deputy Registrar shall, on payment of the fees hereinafter prescribed, issue a substitute for such registration-plate or a duplicate of such certificate or license, as the case may require.

(3.) In respect of the issue of such substitutes or duplicates, the following fees shall be payable:—

(a.) For every duplicate certificate of registration a fee of .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 6

(b.) For every duplicate license to use a motor-vehicle a fee of .. .. .. .. 2 6

(c.) For every substitute registration-plate a fee sufficient to cover the cost of issue.

11. Every person who fails to comply with any of the requirements of these regulations shall be liable on conviction to a fine of twenty pounds.