Sentencing Act 2002

Sentences, orders, and related matters - Discharge and miscellaneous orders - Confiscation of motor vehicles

136A: Registrar must apply for deregistration of motor vehicle subject to confiscation and destruction order

You could also call this:

"Court orders a car destroyed, Registrar must cancel its registration."

If a court decides a motor vehicle must be taken away and destroyed under section 129A or 136(4), you need to know what happens next. The Registrar can apply to cancel the vehicle's registration under the Land Transport Act 1998. The Registrar must apply to cancel the registration before the vehicle is sold or gotten rid of.

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136: Offender must not acquire new interest in motor vehicle for 12 months, or

"No new cars for 12 months if the court takes yours away"

137: Sale of confiscated motor vehicles, or

"What happens to a car when it's taken away by the court and sold"

Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Discharge and miscellaneous orders: Confiscation of motor vehicles

136ARegistrar must apply for deregistration of motor vehicle subject to confiscation and destruction order

If, under section 129A or 136(4), the court orders a motor vehicle to be confiscated and destroyed, the Registrar—
is, for the purposes of the Land Transport Act 1998 and any regulations made under it, entitled to apply for the cancellation of the registration of the motor vehicle; and
must make that application before the motor vehicle is sold or disposed of.

Notes

Section 136A: replaced, on 1 August 2012, by section 26 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 47).