MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 31

MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 31

31—Registration without fee

        (1)         The Registrar must register without fee—

            (j)         any motor vehicle owned by an accredited diplomatic officer or accredited consular officer de carriere , who is a national of the country which the officer represents and who resides in the State;

            (q)         any motor vehicle that is to be registered without fee by virtue of the regulations.

        (2)         Where—

            (a)         a motor vehicle has been registered under this section; and

            (b)         an application for registration of the motor vehicle is made otherwise than under this section; and

            (c)         the motor vehicle has not previously been registered under this Act upon an application by the present applicant in respect of which stamp duty has been paid,

the Registrar must treat the application as if the vehicle had not previously been registered under this Act, and registration fees and stamp duty will be payable on the application accordingly.

        (3)         This section does not apply in relation to a heavy vehicle other than a heavy vehicle of a kind referred to in subsection (1)(j).