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VEHICLE LICENCE MUST BE VALID

FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1987

CAR OWNERS WILL HAVE TO ENSURE THAT VEHICLE LICENCES DISPLAYED ON THEIR MOTOR VEHICLES ARE VALID.

THE REQUIREMENT IS STIPULATED IN THE ROAD TRAFFIC (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF VEHICLES) AMENDMENT (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 1987 PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE AMENDMENT REGULATIONS STATE THAT NO MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL BE LEFT UPON OR USED ON ANY ROAD UNLESS A VALID VEHICLE LICENCE IN RESPECT OF THE VEHICLE IS DISPLAYED.

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"THE ORIGINAL REGULATIONS MAKE IT COMPULSORY FOR CAR OWNERS DISPLAY VEHICLE LICENCES ON THEIR MOTOR VEHICLES BUT MAKE NO REFERENCE TO THE VALIDITY OF THE LICENCES, A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.

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HE SAID THE AMENDMENT REGULATIONS WOULD ENSURE THAT ALL VEHICLES ARE PROPERLY LICENSED AND THIS, IN TURN, WOULD HELP REMIND OWNERS OF THEIR OBLIGATION TO HAVE VALID THIRD PARTY INSURANCE.

FURTHERMORE, IT WOULD HELP RESOLVE ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS BY THE AUTHORITIES IN CASES WHERE MOTOR VEHICLES ARE DUMPED ON ROADS WITHOUT A VALID LICENCE.

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GOVERNMENT VANS TO HELP DISTRIBUTE GREEN PAPER

TWO GOVERNMENT VANS WILL TOUR BUSY AREAS OF THE TERRITORY THIS WEEKEND AND SUNDAY TO MAKE AVAILABLE COPIES OF THE GREEN PAPER ON THE 1987 REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

THE EXERCISE WHICH FOLLOWS A TWO-DAY DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, IS AIMED AT INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE GREEN PAPER.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID COPIES OF THE GREEN PAPER ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FREE AT VARIOUS DISTRICT OFFICES AND SOME 300 GOVERNMENT OUTLETS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY,

HE SAID A TOTAL OF 1.9 MILLION COPIES OF THE GREEN PAPER HAVE BEEN PRINTED. OF THESE, AT LEAST, 1.4 MILLION COPIES ARE NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE PUBLIC.

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