Num. 38. 1391

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1932.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1932.

Regulations relating to Registration-plates under the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 25th day of May, 1932.

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES, 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 Governor-General 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 following regulations in amendment of the regulations (hereinafter referred to as “the said regulations”) under the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924, dated the twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the same day, at page 2943.

REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations shall be read together with and form part of the said regulations.

2. For the licensing-year commencing on the 1st day of June, 1932, all registration-plates referred to in the said regulations issued under section 6 of the Motor-vehicles Amendment Act, 1927, shall be metal plates which for vehicles other than motor-cycles shall be approximately 14 in. long and 4 5/16 in. high, and for motor-cycles shall be approximately 7 in. long and 4 in. high.

3. The distinguishing marks to be exhibited on the said registration-plates shall be as follows:—

(a) For motor-vehicles for which no other form is required by these regulations, a series of numerals not exceeding five, either alone or preceded by the letter X.

(b) In the case of plates issued to manufacturers and dealers in motor-vehicles in terms of section 18 of the said Act, a series of numerals preceded by the letter D.

(c) For motor-vehicles exempt from license fees in terms of section 11 of the said Act (other than motor-cycles and motor-vehicles the property of the Crown), a series of numerals preceded by the letter E.

(d) For motor-vehicles the property of the Crown (other than motor-cycles, and unless permission to the contrary is obtained in such manner as may be prescribed by the Minister of Transport), a series of numerals preceded by the letters G O V T.

(e) For motor-vehicles which at the time when the application for a license is made are passenger-service vehicles within the meaning of the Transport Licensing Act, 1931,—

(i) If the body of the vehicle is designed for the carriage of both seated and standing passengers, a series of numerals preceded by the letter P.

(ii) If the body of the vehicle is not designed for the carriage of standing passengers, a series of numerals preceded by the letter S.

(f) For motor-vehicles which at the time when the application for a license is made are vehicles described by paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), inclusive of the definition of “passenger-service vehicle” in section 2 of the Transport Licensing Act, 1931, a series of numerals preceded by the letter T.

(g) For motor-vehicles in respect of which licenses issued under the Heavy Motor-vehicle Regulations, 1932, are required to be obtained or are in force at the time when the application for a license is made, and which do not conform to any of the descriptions contained in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) of this regulation, a series of numerals preceded by the letter H.

(h) For motor-vehicles which at the time when the application for a license is made are,—

(i) Used regularly for the carriage of goods or goods and passengers; or

(ii) Not designed for the carriage of passengers, and which do not conform to any of the descriptions contained in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) of this regulation, a series of numerals preceded by the letter L.