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Land Transport Act 1998

Motor vehicle registration and licensing - Registration and licensing requirements

245: Commencement of licence

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“When your car licence starts”

When you register a new motor vehicle, its licence starts on the same day as you register it. For vehicles that already have a licence, the new licence begins the day after the old one ends. These rules apply unless other regulations say something different.

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Part 17 Motor vehicle registration and licensing
Registration and licensing requirements

245Commencement of licence

  1. Except as otherwise prescribed by regulations made under this Part, a licence commences,—

  2. in the case of a newly registered motor vehicle, on the day of its registration; or
    1. on the day after the expiry of the previous licence.

      Notes
      • Section 245: inserted, on , by section 32(5) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 17).