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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:

“List of all registered vehicles and how to prove what's in it”

The Registrar has to keep a record of all motor vehicles that have been given registration plates. This record is called a register.

If someone needs to prove what’s in the register for legal reasons, they can use a special certificate. This certificate shows what’s in the register. It needs to be signed by the Registrar or someone the Registrar has allowed to sign it. It can also be signed by someone from an enforcement authority who has been allowed to sign it.

This certificate is enough to prove what’s in the register in any legal proceedings. You don’t need to show the actual register itself.

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Part 17 Motor 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).