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FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1989

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1983 PRIVATE CARS COME UNDER INSPECTION SCHEME

RENEWAL, THE

PRIVATE CARS MANUFACTURED IN 1983 WHICH REQUIRED A NEW COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR MUST PASS A TEST PRIOR TO LICENCE TODAY (FRIDAY).

LICENCE

DEPARTMENT TRANSPORT

ROADWORTHINESS ANNOUNCED

"UNDER THE PRIVATE

CAR

INSPECTION SCHEME, WHICH CAME INTO CARS MUST FIRST

EFFECT ON JANUARY 2, 1986, ALL SIX-YEAR-OLD PRIVATE OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF ROADWORTHINESS CAR TESTING

CENTRE BEFORE THEIR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.

FROM A GOVERNMENT-DESIGNATED

CAN LICENCES

BE RENEWED,

1983 "WITH THE APPROACH OF 1990, IT IS ONLY NATURAL THAT

HE SAID, SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE INSPECTION SCHEME,'

C

CARS

BOTH SIDES OF MADE FOUR MONTHS

THERE ARE 17 DESIGNATED CAR TESTING CENTRES ON THE HARBOUR AND APPOINTMENTS FOR INSPECTION MAY BE BEFORE THE EXPIRY DATE OF THE VEHICLE LICENCE.

STEERING SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL NUMBER

THE PARTS INSPECTED INCLUDE: THE BRAKING AND

ENGINE AND SUSPENSION, WHEELS AND TYRES,

TRANSMISSION, AND GENERAL ITEMS SUCH A3 FITTINGS AND LIGHTING, BODYWORK PLATES, WINDSCREEN WIPERS AND WASHERS AND SEAT BELTS.

PER

OF THE 42,289 VEHICLES WHICH UNDERWENT THEIR FIRST INSPECTIONS UNDER THE SCHEME IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, ABOUT 73

RATE OF 74 PER CENT AMONG THE CENT PASSED, COMPARED WITH A PASS

A TOTAL OF 194,089 INSPECTIONS 70,785 FIRST INSPECTIONS IN 1988, BEEN CARRIED OUT UP TO LAST MONTH.

OF

HAD

ROADWORTHINESS MUST BE PRESENTED ΤΟ

THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT THE CERTIFICATE FOR ANY PRIVATE CAR WHICH HAS PASSED THE TEST THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN FOUR MONTHS OF THE 19SUE DATE FOR RELICENSING VEHICLE, OTHERWISE ITS VALIDITY WILL LAPSE.

A

A RE-CHECK THE FEE FOR A CAR INSPECTION IS $160, AND

FEE OF FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL $50 IS CHARGED WHEN DEFECTS

INSPECTION ARE IN CASES OF SPECIFIED REMEDIED AND EXAMINED WITHIN 14 DAYS.

MINOR FAULTS, THE RE-CHECK IS FREE OF CHARGE.

SHOULD A CAR OWNER DISAGREE WITH THE RESULT OF A TEST, APPEAL TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR A FRESH, INDEPENDENT EXAMINATION.

HE CAN

"TO AVOID UNNECESSARY INCONVENIENCE, THEIR VEHICLES CHECKED AND REPAIRED BEFORE THE INSPECTION WITH CAR TESTING CENTRES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

CAR

OWNERS SHOULD HAVE

APPOINTMENT

TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE ON 5-8691166.

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