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Land Transport Act 1998

Motor vehicle registration and licensing - Cancellation of registration

256: Discretion to refund fees

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“The Registrar can choose to give you a refund for unused vehicle registration or trade plates”

If the Registrar cancels the registration of a motor vehicle under section 255, or if you give back a trade plate before it expires, the Registrar might decide to give you some money back. This means that if you’ve paid for a longer time than you ended up using the registration or trade plate, you might get some of that money returned to you. The amount you could get back would be equal to the fee you paid for the time you didn’t use. For a cancelled vehicle registration, you might get back some of the licence fee. For a trade plate you’ve given back early, you might get back some of the trade plate fee. The Registrar can decide to do this without needing any extra permission.

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Part 17 Motor vehicle registration and licensing
Cancellation of registration

256Discretion to refund fees

  1. This section applies if—

  2. the Registrar cancels the registration of a motor vehicle under section 255; or
    1. a person surrenders a trade plate before the expiry of that plate and the Registrar considers it appropriate to exercise the power specified in subsection (2).

      1. If this section applies, the Registrar may, without further authority than this section, refund or cause to be refunded out of a Crown Bank Account an amount equal to the amount of the—

      2. licence fee paid for the period for which registration is cancelled:
        1. trade plate fee paid for the period for which the trade plate is surrendered.

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          • Section 256: inserted, on , by section 32(8) of the Land Transport Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 17).