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Land Transport Act 1998

Motor vehicle registration and licensing - Registration and licensing requirements

244: Application for, and issuing of, licence

You could also call this:

“How to apply for and get a vehicle licence”

When you want to get a licence for a motor vehicle, you or someone acting for you need to apply to the Registrar. You must follow the rules set out in the regulations when you apply.

After you send in your completed application with the required fees and accident insurance levies, the Registrar will check if everything is in order. If it is, they will issue the right licence for your motor vehicle. They will do this according to the regulations and for a specific time period set out in those regulations.

Remember, you can’t get a licence for a motor vehicle that isn’t registered properly under section 242.

If your vehicle is treated as if it’s registered under this Part because of section 242(4), and you already have a licence for it from before this section came into effect, that old licence will still work as if it was issued under this new Part.

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Part 17 Motor vehicle registration and licensing
Registration and licensing requirements

244Application for, and issuing of, licence

  1. An application for a licence for a motor vehicle must be made to the Registrar by or on behalf of the person registered (or to be registered) in respect of the vehicle in accordance with any regulations made under this Part.

  2. As soon as practicable after receiving a completed application under subsection (1), together with the prescribed fees and accident insurance levies, the Registrar must, if satisfied that the application is in order, issue the appropriate licence for the motor vehicle—

  3. in accordance with any regulations made under this Part; and
    1. for a licensing period specified in any regulations made under this Part.

      1. A licence must not be issued for a motor vehicle that is not registered in accordance with section 242.

      2. In relation to a vehicle treated by virtue of section 242(4) as if it were registered under this Part, a licence issued for the vehicle under the Transport (Vehicle and Driver Registration and Licensing) Act 1986 and in force immediately before the commencement of this section continues to have effect as if it had been issued for the vehicle under this Part.

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      • Section 244: inserted, on , by section 32(5) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 17).