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Land Transport Act 1998

Motor vehicle registration and licensing - Appointment

271: Appointment of Registrar

You could also call this:

“The Minister picks who will be in charge of keeping track of cars”

The Minister can choose who becomes the Registrar of Motor Vehicles. They can pick either the Agency or the Director for this job if they think it’s a good idea. This is allowed even though there are other rules about appointing the Registrar.

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Part 17 Motor vehicle registration and licensing
Appointment

271Appointment of Registrar

  1. Nothing in this Part prevents the Minister from appointing the Agency or the Director to be the Registrar of Motor Vehicles if the Minister thinks it appropriate to do so.

Notes
  • Section 271: added, on , by section 32(17) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 17).
  • Section 271: amended, on , by section 127 of the Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 48).