Section 10Part 2 — Registration and Licensing of Vehicles
Termination of vehicle registration
←→ Navigate · Click subsection badges to collapse · Press ? for help
When a registered vehicle has been —
exported from the Islands; or
disposed of in the Islands to the satisfaction of the department responsible for environmental health, the owner shall —
surrender to the Director the certificate of registration, vehicle licence and registration plates; and
inform the Director, on the prescribed form, of the export or disposal of the vehicle.
repealed by section 7(a)(iii) of the Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of 2018].
Where the Director is satisfied that a vehicle referred to in subsection (1) has been exported or disposed of, that Director shall terminate the registration of the vehicle and refund to the registered owner any vehicle licence fee prepaid in respect of the period from the date of the export or disposal until the expiry date of the vehicle licence on a pro rata basis in respect of each clear quarter comprised in such period, but in the case of a vehicle licence taken out for six months, no refund of the surcharge payable under section 14(4)(b) shall be made.
The owner of a registered vehicle who fails to inform the Director of the disposal or export of a vehicle specified in subsection (1) commits an offence.
Subject to subsection (5), the Director may terminate the registration of a vehicle for which a vehicle licence has not been taken out for a continuous period of three years.
Subject to subsection (5), the Director may, if a vehicle has not been licenced for a continuous period of one year, consider the licence of that vehicle to be expired as of a particular date, and licence fees shall cease to accrue as of that date.
The Director may restore to the register a vehicle whose registration has been terminated and in any such case all arrears of fees that the vehicle would have been liable to had its registration not been terminated shall be paid.
Cross References
- Section of Traffic Amendment Act
Traffic (Amendment) Act, 2018 [Law 7 of 2018]