SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1975
ADVICE ON TRANSFER OF VEHICLE OWNERSHIP ******
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TODAY WARNED CAR BUYERS THAT THEY COULD BE TAKEN FOR AN UNHAPPY RIDE IF THEY DID NOT PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST LIABILITY FOR OUTSTANDING FIXED PENALTIES WHILE APPLYING FOR TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WERE A FEW COMMON PITFALLS WHICH COULD EASILY BE AVOIDED IF PROSPECTIVE BUYERS WOULD SPEND A LITTLE TIME READING THE GUIDANCE NOTE INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION FORM.
A NUMBER OF APPLICANTS HAD IN THE PAST BEEN CAUGHT PARTLY BECAUSE THEY HAD PUT TOO MUCH TRUST IN ANOTHER PARTY WHOM THEY DID NOT REALLY KNOW, HE SAID.
HE EXPLAINED THAT LIABILITY FOR PARKING TICKETS ATTACHED TO THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE PURCHASER WHO REGISTERED TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP MIGHT FIND HIMSELF CAUGHT WITH LIABILITY TO PAY OUTSTANDING TICKETS WHICH THE FORMER OWNER FAILED TO DISCLOSE AT THE TIME OF THE TRANSACTION.
+IN FACT, HE CAN SAFEGUARD HIMSELF BY OBTAINING FREE OF CHARGE A CERTIFICATE OF CLEARANCE FROM THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT. THIS CERTIFICATE, VALID FOR 72 HOURS, CERTIFIES THAT THE VEHICLE IS FREE OF PARKING TICKETS AT THE TIME OF ISSUE.
+ IT PROTECTS THE BUYER AGAINST COURT ORDERS RELATING TO ANY OUTSTANDING PARKING TICKETS IF OWNERSHIP IS TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE 72 HOURS,+ HE SAID.
ANOTHER POINT TO NOTE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, IS THAT BOTH THE NEW AND PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE MUST ENSURE THAT THE TWO HALVES OF THE APPLICATION FORM FOR TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP ARE IN FACT SUBMITTED TO THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.
NO TRANSFER COULD BE REGISTERED, HE SAID, UNTIL BOTH HALVES OF THE FORM WERE HANDED IN TO THE DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING OFFICE.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE APPLICATION FORM, T.D. 25(S), OBTAINABLE FROM EITHER THE DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING OFFICES, CITY DISTRICT OFFICES OR MAJOR POST OFFICES, CONSISTS OF TWO HALVES - ONE HALF TO BE COMPLETED BY THE FORMER OWNER AND THE OTHER HALF BY THE NEW OWNER.
/+TOO OFTEN
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