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VEHICLES (EXCISE) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 12



12.(1) Every person applying for a vehicle licence shall make such a
declaration and furnish such particulars with respect to the vehicle for which
the licence is to be taken out or otherwise as may be prescribed.

(2) Every vehicle licence shall be issued for the vehicle specified in the
application for the licence and shall not entitle the person to whom it is
issued to use or keep any other vehicle.

(3) The Ministry shall not be required to issue any vehicle licence for which
application is made unless it is satisfied

(a)that the licence applied for is the appropriate licence for the vehicle
specified in the application; and

(b)in the case of an application for a licence for a vehicle purporting to be
the first application for a licence for the vehicle, that a licence has not
previously been issued for that vehicle.

(4) Subject to the provisions of regulations under this Act and without
prejudice to section 8, any person who uses or keeps on a public road any
mechanically propelled vehicle on which duty under this Act is chargeable
without there being fixed to and exhibited on that vehicle in the prescribed
manner a licence for, or in respect of the use of, that vehicle issued under
this Act, and for the time being in force, shall be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding #20.

(5) In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (4), it shall be a
defence to prove that

(a)while an expired vehicle licence for the vehicle was in force, an
application was duly made for a further vehicle licence for the vehicle to
take effect from or before the expiration of the expired licence and for a
period including the time in question; and

(b)the expired licence was at that time fixed to and exhibited on the vehicle
in the manner prescribed in pursuance of subsection (4); and

(c)the period between the expiration of the expired licence and that time did
not exceed fourteen days.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (5)(a), an application for a further
licence is made when the application is received by the Ministry.

(7) Regulations under this Act may provide for the issue of new licences in
the place of licences which may be lost or destroyed, and for the fee to be
paid on the issue of a new licence.

(8) Any vehicle licence may be transferred in the prescribed manner.


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