Licence on hold

[young1]

So you put your licence on hold.

While it is on hold are you able to take it off hold for say three days to ride over a weekend (so pay three days worth of rego)?

EDIT I meant Rego

[eldog]

So you put your licence on hold.

While it is on hold are you able to take it off hold for say three days to ride over a weekend (so pay three days worth of licence)?

Are you sure you don't mean re licence

I doubt you can do that, however some on here say you can get a month on hold if you do it manually, rather than the online re licence site

[Drew]

You certainly can do that. There are limits though

You need to fill out an MR23A form and licence the vehicle for as few days as just 1 if ya like. But ya can't do it repeatedly. I can't remember how long it has to be on hold between licensed periods.

[george formby]

Looking at my latest renewal it looks like you could re-register for a month. It does not have an option for anything less. Info is online.

[Drew]

Looking at my latest renewal it looks like you could re-register for a month. It does not have an option for anything less. Info is online.

It can be done for a day if ya want.

[Akzle]

no. you do actually mean licencing.

of a continuous vehicular variety.

registration is the process whereby you give "your" vehicle to the goverment.

[Akzle]

Are you sure you don't mean rego

EDIT I meant Rego

that was in response to this.

[george formby]

It can be done for a day if ya want.

Good to know. The reminder form used to list "other" as an option, now it says month.

I think, but should not be trusted, that rego has to be on hold for a minimum of 3 months between re-licensing periods.

[ellipsis]

...a mate of mine bought two days rego/licence to do a flit around the South with some mates...somehow, maybe he didn't put it straight back on hold, but it turned to drama of the financial kind and he ended up having to backdate his payment, a few months later when he went to re-licence for the summer...it cost him dearly in the end...beware of wankers in bureaucratic positions...and more to the point;... Why would you give a fuck about one day?...

[AllanB]

Dick - pay up so the rest of us don;t have to cover everyones arse.

[Drew]

...a mate of mine bought two days rego/licence to do a flit around the South with some mates...somehow, maybe he didn't put it straight back on hold, but it turned to drama of the financial kind and he ended up having to backdate his payment, a few months later when he went to re-licence for the summer...it cost him dearly in the end...beware of wankers in bureaucratic positions...and more to the point;... Why would you give a fuck about one day?...

Sounds like your mate didn't put it back on hold after the two days, or registered it again inside of the three month minimum.

If you only want one day for a special event, why pay for more?

Dick - pay up so the rest of us don;t have to cover everyones arse.

If he's not using it, why should he register it?

[Gremlin]

Form MR23A sounds about right, you need to go to VTNZ or the like to get it.

As said, yes, you can licence for a day. No, it's not that economic. When you put a vehicle on hold, it has to be for a minimum of 3 months, otherwise you'll back pay.

So:
Reg expires, you place on hold (this can be for any length of time, but if a short period then you need to keep doing it. I believe you can hold for a year, but pull off after 3 months?)
- minimum of 3 months pass -
You buy vehicle licence for 2 days
You place the vehicle on hold
- minimum of 3 months pass -

and so on.

I think that's right, but mine are licenced 12 months a year.

[george formby]

It works well if you have different bikes for different seasons or have more than one of the same bike......

[nodrog:Me]

It works extremely well for registering your bike for a day so at least you have the current year on your rego label.

[young1]

Thanks everyone.

I have my bike registered now through to August.

The plan I think now will be to maybe put rego on hold in May next year for three months (don't ride much between May and August) but it is good to know the options.

Mike