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FRIDAY, NOVENDER 22, 1974
NEW FEES FOR PARTICULAR SERVICES AND DOCUMENTS
FEW MOTORISTS TO BE AFFECTED.
FEES FOR CERTAIN PARTICULAR SERVICES AND DOCUMENTS, WHICH ARE REQUIRED FROM THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT BY A SMALL NUMBER OF MOTORISTS ONLY, ARE REVISED AS FROM TODAY.
THESE FEES HAVE REMAINED UNCHANGED FOR AT LEAST 13 YEARS,' AND THE REVISION IS TO REFLECT THE CONSIDERABLE ADMINISTRATIVE COST INVOLVED IN THE SERVICE OR IN THE ISSUE OF THE DOCUMENT.
UNDER THE NEW RATES, CHARGES FOR NINE CATEGORIES OF SPECIFIC SERVICES AND DOCUMENTS ARE RAISED TO $15. THESE ARE THE INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, INTERNATIONAL FISCAL PERMIT, INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF MAXIMUM LOAD, INTERNATIONAL DRIVING PERMIT, CERTIFICATE OF PARTICULARS OF MOTOR VEHICLE, TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP, AND DUPLICATES OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION BOOK, VEHICLE LICENCE DISC AND TRADE LICENCE.
IN CASES WHERE THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT IS SATISFIED THAT THE PARTICULARS OF THE LICENCE DISC HAVE BECOME ILLEGIBLE THROUGH NO FAULT OF THE REGISTERED OWNER, THE NEW SPECIAL FEE FOR A DUPLICATE VEHICLE LICENCE DISC OR A DUPLICATE TRADE LICENCE IS $3.
AS REGARDS OTHER PARTICULAR DOCUMENTS AND SERVICES, THE NEW CHARGES ARE $5 FOR A DUPLICATE CAR CLEANER'S PERMIT- $50 FOR A DUPLICATE INSTRUCTOR'S LICENCE OR A DUPLICATE DRIVING LICENCE- AND $300 FOR THE TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION MARK.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY POINTED OUT THAT TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION MARK, FOR WHICH THE FEE IS NOW $200. INVOLVES CONSIDERABLE WORK, NOT ONLY AT THE TIME THE TRANSFER IS MADE, BUT ALSO IN ANY SUBSEQUENT SEARCHING OF RECORDS.
KE EXPLAINED THAT WHEN A VEHICLE HAS ITS REGISTRATION NUMBER CHANGED, IT IS NECESSARY TO INCORPORATE IN THE RECORDS INFORMATION THAT WILL ALLOW THE HISTORY OF THE VEHICLE TO BE TRACED, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT IT MAY HAVE HAD MORE THAN ONE REGISTRATION NUMBER.
SIMILARLY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, THE FEE FOR A DUPLICATE DRIVING OR INSTRUCTOR'S LICENCE WILL BE INCREASED FROM $10 TO $50 BECAUSE DUPLICATE LICENCES ARE A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF MALPRACTICE AND THEREFORE ENQUIRIES HAVE TO BE MADE ABOUT HOW THE ORIGINAL LICENCE WAS LOST.
+THIS AGAIN INVOLVES, BOTH FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE, MUCH TIME AND EFFORT, WHICH THE REVISED CHARGE WILL REFLECT MORE ADEQUATELY, HE ADDED.
HE STRESSED THAT THE FEE REVISION WOULD NOT AFFECT MANY MOTORISTS SINCE THE DOCUMENTS OR SERVICES WERE ONLY INFREQUENTLY REQUIRED FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES BY A SMALL SECTION OF THE MOTORING PUBLIC.
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