Term, renewal and transfer of registrations
33(1)Subject to subsections (3) and (5) every vehicle registration under this Act and every registration certificate and registration plate issued hereunder, shall expire at midnight on the thirty-first day of March of each year.
33(2)Repealed: 1985, c.34, s.7
33(3)Every vehicle registration, registration certificate and registration plate issued for a commercial vehicle shall expire as follows:
(a)
Repealed: 1985, c.34, s.7
(b)
where the vehicle is registered for a gross mass in excess of forty-five hundred kilograms, for one of the three month periods of
(ii)
July, August and September,
(iii)
October, November and December,
(iv)
January, February and March,
in which case the permit expires with the last day of the three month period for which it is issued;
(c)
where the vehicle is registered for a gross mass in excess of forty-five hundred kilograms, for one of the six month periods of
(i)
April to September, both inclusive,
(ii)
July to December, both inclusive,
(iii)
October to March, both inclusive,
in which case the permit expires with the last day of the six month period for which it is issued;
(d)
where the vehicle is registered for a gross mass in excess of forty-five hundred kilograms, for one of the nine month periods of
(i)
April to December, both inclusive,
(ii)
July to March, both inclusive,
in which case the permit expires with the last day of the nine month period for which it was issued; or
(i)
the vehicle is engaged exclusively in the hauling of unprocessed products of the farm, and
(ii)
the vehicle registration, registration certificate and registration plate are issued for the period May to October, both inclusive,
the expiry date shall be the last day of the month of October.
33(4)Paragraphs 3(b), (c) and (d) do not apply where a special fee is provided for under the Act or the regulations.
33(5)The Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, may make regulations altering the expiry dates or extending the periods of registration fixed under subsections (1) and (3) in respect of certain vehicles or certain classes of vehicles.
1955, c.13, s.22; 1967, c.54, s.5; 1971, c.48, s.1; 1977, c.M-11.1, s.17; 1985, c.34, s.7; 1988, c.66, s.5; 1998, c.30, s.4