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VEHICLES (EXCISE) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 23

Distinctive signs for hackney carriages.

23.(1) Regulations under this Act may

(a)require a person who becomes or ceases to be the keeper of a mechanically
propelled vehicle, or who acts as the auctioneer at the sale of such a vehicle
by auction, to furnish the prescribed information to the Ministry in the
prescribed manner;

(b)specify the size, shape and character of the registration marks or the
signs to be affixed to any such vehicle (including a vehicle used by virtue of
a trade licence) and the manner in which the marks or signs are to be
displayed and rendered easily distinguishable by day and by night;

(c)make provision for the issue of trade plates to holders of trade licences
and for the charging of a fee for the replacement of such plates by reason of
damage to them or of their loss or destruction;

(d)make provision with respect to the furnishing of information and production
of certificates of insurance or security and prescribed certificates relating
to mechanically propelled vehicles in respect of which duty is not chargeable
under this Act and with respect to the registration and identification of such
vehicles (including vehicles belonging to the Crown);

(e)make provision with respect to the inspection and surrender of any
registration document issued in respect of a vehicle and provide that, in a
case where the surrender of such a document is required in connection with an
application for a licence under this Act, the licence shall not be issued if
the document is not surrendered;

(f)make provision with respect to the replacement of any such document and as
to the fee payable in prescribed circumstances in respect of any replacement;
and

(g)provide for information contained in any records maintained by the Ministry
with respect to the marking, registration or keeping of vehicles to be made
public or to be made available, either without payment or on payment of the
prescribed fee, to such persons as may be determined by or under the
regulations;

[(h)enable the Ministry to refuse to register a vehicle unless it is
satisfied, by such evidence as may be prescribed by the regulations either

(i)that the vehicle is not a chargeable vehicle; or

(ii)that the car tax chargeable on it has been or will be paid; or

<(iii)that car tax on it has been remitted.]


(2) Regulations under this section which require a person to furnish
information relating to vehicles exempted from duty by virtue of section 7(2)
[or (2A)] may require him to furnish in addition such evidence of the facts
giving rise to the exemption as is prescribed by the regulations.

[(3) In subsection (1)(h) "chargeable vehicle" and "car tax" have the same
meaning as in the Finance Act 1972.]

Regulations with respect to the transfer and identification of vehicles.



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