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Land Transport Act 1998

Motor vehicle registration and licensing - Register of motor vehicles

234: Register of motor vehicles

You could also call this:

"A list of cars with registration plates, kept by the Registrar."

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The Registrar keeps a list of all motor vehicles that have registration plates. You can prove what is on this list by showing a certificate that says what is on it, and this certificate must be signed by the Registrar or someone they have chosen. The Registrar gets help from other people, like those from an enforcement authority, to sign these certificates, and you can find more information about this in the Land Transport Act 1986.

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Part 17Motor vehicle registration and licensing
Register of motor vehicles

234Register of motor vehicles

  1. The Registrar must continue and maintain the register of all motor vehicles for which registration plates are issued.

  2. In any proceedings, the contents of the register are proved by the production of a certificate indicating its contents if signed by the Registrar or a person acting under a delegation from—

  3. the Registrar; or
    1. an enforcement authority.

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      • Section 234: inserted, on , by section 32(2) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 17).