22.1(1)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and without limiting subsection 3(3.1), the Registrar may in a written contract authorize and require a person who is not an employee of the Civil Service, as defined in section 1 of the Civil Service Act,
(a)
to take applications for registration of a vehicle as provided for in section 22,
(b)
to accept payment of the fee prescribed for the registration,
(c)
to require the applicant to furnish evidence of a policy of insurance with respect to the vehicle, as is required under subsection 17.1(3), and to examine that evidence,
(d)
to issue or to refuse to issue to the applicant for registration a temporary permit to operate the vehicle as provided for in section 24, and registration plates,
(e)
to forward to the Registrar a copy of the application for registration within four business days after accepting the application and prescribed fee, and to forward the prescribed fee to the Registrar in the manner provided for in the contract,
(f)
to make and maintain records of each transaction in accordance with the requirements set out in the written contract,
(g)
to submit to a periodic audit of the records by a person designated by the Registrar,
(h)
to exercise such other powers, authority and rights and carry out such other duties and responsibilities of the Registrar that relate to the registration of vehicles and the issuance of temporary permits as may be set out in the written contract, and
(i)
to comply with any other limitations, terms, conditions and requirements that are set out in the written contract.
22.1(2)The Registrar shall ensure that a registration certificate and any other appropriate evidence of registration are issued to the applicant forthwith after receiving the copy of the application for registration.
22.1(3)The Registrar may, in the Registrar’s discretion, amend, renew, suspend, revoke or reinstate a written contract made under this section.
22.1(4)The provisions of this Act and the regulations apply with the necessary modifications to the application for and the handling of the registration of a vehicle and the issuance of or refusing to issue a temporary permit by a person with whom the Registrar has made a written contract under subsection (1), and to all other matters carried out by such a person when acting under the contract.
22.1(5)A person with whom the Registrar has made a written contract under subsection (1) shall accept and handle applications and issue or refuse to issue temporary permits in every respect in accordance with the limitations, terms, conditions and requirements set out in the written contract and with the provisions of this Act and the regulations referred to in subsection (4), as they apply with the necessary modifications.