Surrendering your plate when putting rego on hold

[Max Preload]

From my cold, dead hands...

[scumdog]

The only ones that WILL be asked to hand in plates will be those who repeatedly ride/drive while rego on hold.

[Quasievil]

The only ones that WILL be asked to hand in plates will be those who repeatedly ride/drive while rego on hold.

That would be me, but I dont repeatedly get caught so no one knows, well except for you but you wont dob me in your a good fucker ......................aint ya ?

[ellipsis]

..all our plates got broken between september and now...they can have them if they like...theres a whole fucking fishcase full...

[carver]

That would be me, but I dont repeatedly get caught so no one knows, well except for you but you wont dob me in your a good fucker ......................aint ya ?

hmmmmmmmmmmm

[sunhuntin]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Community/M...c=5&#p14501192

"Rego on Hold? NZTA want to hold your plates during the exemption.
Latest Classic Car Mag, Greg Price says that this change has gone under the radar. You must hand your plates in to the registrar (in Palmerston North) and when you re-reg your vehicle or Motorcycle you will have to apply for the plate back. The actual wording is "(6) If the registration plate or plates are surrendered, the registrar must on expiry of the exemption, return the surrendered plate or plates, or WHERE THAT IS NOT PRACTICABLE, A DUPLICATE PLATE OR PLATES."
Say good bye to your classic or "Silver on Black" Plates! They won't build a warehouse to store plate, they will scrap them!
This is to answer the situation where NZTA put the price of Motorcycle registration up sky hi. Now many bikers will only reg their bikes for the summer and since the revenue coming into NZTA has dropped out of all predictions they suspect that all the bikers are riding unreg bikes. Well if that is the case they will soon be riding plateless bikes too!"

[neels]

This was posted a while back (can't be arsed searching), so I read the actual wording of the legislation. It went something along the lines of the registrar "may" require the plates to be surrendered when putting rego on hold.

My guess would be that if you get pinged on the road while your rego is on hold, there will be a flag somewhere that will require the plates to be surrendered when it's next put on hold, can't see them getting too carried away with the hassle otherwise.

From memory there was something about storing and returning the plates too.

[ducatilover]

What makes me curious is how you go get a WOF without the plate so you can rego it, also what do you say on your way to get a WOF or to renew rego when you get done with no plate?

[nodrog:Me]

What makes me curious is how you go get a WOF without the plate so you can rego it, also what do you say on your way to get a WOF or to renew rego when you get done with no plate?

you dont need a number plate to get a WOF

[Katman]

you dont need a number plate to get a WOF

Although the registration number does need to be entered in the system when putting the WOF through online.

[ducatilover]

you dont need a number plate to get a WOF

Jolly good, but, you do need a number plate to drive/ride/pilot your vehicle on the road.....

[nodrog:Me]

Although the registration number does need to be entered in the system when putting the WOF through online.

yep

Jolly good, but, you do need a number plate to drive/ride/pilot your vehicle on the road.....

make one out of a weetbix packet if you are that worried about it then.

or you could just go and rego it as class A so you can drive to the WOF place

[oneofsix]

reading back through this page it it appears law will allow them to request you hand in your plates, you may not get the same plates back, you can't get a WOF without a rego number as they need to enter the WOF online against the rego, you can't renew your rego without a WOF.

My conclusion; They are not going to ask for your plates unless they feel they have to because you have been abusing the hold, it just gets too hard with storage etc.
What happens at renewal time if they do ask for your plates to be handed in, you can't be sure you will get the same ones back so what do you put the WOF against? Do you put the WOF against the old plates anyhow and hope NZTA can sort the mess out?

Concern; if you put your rego on hold every winter how long before some bright spark decides you are abusing the system and starts asking for the plates to discourage you?

Concern 2: when the threat of having to hand in the plates doesn't discourage people putting the rego on hold over winter will they up the six month price or bring in a hold handling charge?

[nodrog:Me]

you guys worry too much

[ducatilover]

yep



make one out of a weetbix packet if you are that worried about it then.

or you could just go and rego it as class A so you can drive to the WOF place

How do I go about class A then? As far as I can see a ZZR600 doesn't fit this criteria.

Exempt Class A vehicles are:

vehicles used on a road that is not a public highway, vehicles used on public highways only for inspection, servicing, repair or for a practical driving test. (Please note that you can only drive vehicles without a WoF or CoF on the road for the purpose of bringing the vehicle into compliance, and it must be safe to be operated for that purpose)

pedestrian-controlled goods services vehicles

fully tracked vehicles

vehicles used in a declared road construction zone
vehicles crossing or proceeding along a section of a road when authorisation has been given by a local roading authority under certain conditions
all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) used on a public highway, in moving from the owner's residence to a road that isn't a public highway, where the distance travelled doesn't exceed three kilometres, or in connection with the inspection, servicing or repair of the vehicle.

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