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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Registration of motor vehicle traders - Procedure for registration of motor vehicle traders - Renewal of registration

39: Renewal of registration

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"How to renew your motor vehicle trader registration"

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You need to renew your motor vehicle trader registration before it expires. You must apply to the Registrar and give them the required information, including the things listed in section 32(1) and section 31(2)​(b). You also need to pay the prescribed fee and include a levy imposed under section 143 if there is one. You have to include your New Zealand Transport Agency customer number and a certificate that confirms certain matters. The certificate must be signed by you, or if you are a company, by someone who manages the company. The certificate confirms that you are not disqualified from being a motor vehicle trader and that the information in your application is true. If you apply to renew your registration but it has not been decided by the time your old registration expires, your old registration keeps going until the application is decided. Your New Zealand Transport Agency customer number is the number given to you by the New Zealand Transport Agency, which was established by section 93 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.

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Part 3Registration of motor vehicle traders
Procedure for registration of motor vehicle traders: Renewal of registration

39Renewal of registration

  1. An application for renewal of the registration of a motor vehicle trader must be made to the Registrar before the date on which the registration expires.

  2. The application for renewal must—

  3. set out (with any necessary modifications) all the information specified in section 32(1) and (2)(a); and
    1. be accompanied by the prescribed fee (which is the same as the fee for registration under section 31(2)(b), unless a separate fee is prescribed); and
      1. be accompanied by the levy imposed under section 143 (if any); and
        1. include the applicant’s New Zealand Transport Agency customer number; and
          1. include a certificate that confirms the matters identified in subsection (1B) and is signed by,—
            1. if the application is made by an individual, that person; or
              1. if the application is made by a company, any person concerned in the management of the company.

              2. The certificate to be included in the application must confirm—

              3. that the applicant or, in the case of an applicant that is a company, every person concerned in the management of the company is not disqualified from registration as a motor vehicle trader in his or her own right; and
                1. that the contents of the application are true and accurate.

                  1. The application for renewal may be accompanied by a statutory declaration of the kind referred to in section 40A(3)(b), made by a person concerned in the management of the company, if the person has previously supplied only a certificate under section 40A(4).

                  2. Sections 33 to 38 apply to an application for renewal of registration as if the application were an application for registration, except that—

                  3. an application for renewal is properly completed if it complies with subsections (1A) and (1B) of this section rather than with section 34(2); and
                    1. if the Registrar accepts the application, he or she must provide the applicant with written notice of the date on which the renewal of registration takes effect, instead of providing the things listed in section 36(b).

                      1. If an application for renewal of registration has been made but not determined before the date on which the registration would otherwise expire, the registration continues in force until the application is determined.

                      2. In this section, New Zealand Transport Agency customer number means the number assigned to an individual or a company making an application for registration by the New Zealand Transport Agency established by section 93 of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.

                      Notes
                      • Section 39(1A): inserted, on , by section 9 of the Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 112).
                      • Section 39(1A)(ca): inserted, on , by section 142(1) of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 11).
                      • Section 39(1B): inserted, on , by section 9 of the Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 112).
                      • Section 39(1C): inserted, on , by section 9 of the Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 112).
                      • Section 39(2): substituted, on , by section 9 of the Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 112).
                      • Section 39(4): inserted, on , by section 142(2) of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 11).