Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 18) (Jersey) Order 2010

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A decision made on 30 July 2010 regarding the Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 18) (Jersey) Order 2010

Decision Reference: MD-T-2010-0074
Decision Summary Title :	Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Amendment No 18) (Jersey) Order 2010		Date of Decision Summary:	21 July 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Deputy Inspector of Motor Traffic		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Amendment No 18) (Jersey) Order 2010		Date of Written Report:	21 July 2010
Written Report Author:	Deputy Inspector of Motor Traffic		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Amendment No 18) (Jersey) Order 2010.
Decision(s): The Minister made the Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Amendment No18) (Jersey) Order 2010 and requested the Deputy Inspector to take the necessary action to implement the Order.
Reason(s) for Decision: To amend the principal Motor Vehicle Registration Order to permit the DVS Unit to collect Vehicle Emissions Duty on behalf of the Agent of Impôts from 01 September 2010.
Resource Implications: Cost of Gazette advertisement by TTS – DVS Unit. Customs Department will pay for updated DVS publicity and amended Application to Register a Motor Vehicle Forms.
Action required: To notify the Greffier of the States and the Law Draftsman that the Order has been made and forward the signed and sealed Order to the Publications Editor at the States Greffe for notification to the States. Order to be published in the Gazette. The Deputy Inspector of Motor Traffic to amend DVS publicity, amend and print the Application to Register a Motor Vehicle Form and amend the States website.
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Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 18) (Jersey) Order 2010

TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

DVS UNIT

MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION (GENERAL PROVISIONS)

(AMENDMENT No 18) (JERSEY) ORDER 2010

Purpose of the Report

To request the Minister for Transport and Technical Services to make the Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Amendment No 18) (Jersey) Order 2010.

Background

The States agreed to introduce a Vehicle Emissions Duty from 01 September 2010 and the amendments in this Order gives powers to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Unit to collect this duty on behalf of the Agent of Impots.

The Minister for Transport and Technical Services, on the basis of Ministerial Decision MD-T-2010-0052, has agreed in principle to the required amendments to the principal Order which:-

(I) Requires the CO2 emission rate for Light Passenger Vehicles be included in the particulars of motor vehicles contained in the register of motor vehicles.

(II) Requires all outstanding customs duty or tax due in respect a vehicle applying to be registered be paid before such registration can take place.

(III) Amend and de-prescribe the Application to Register a Motor Vehicle Form.

(IV) Require an applicant to register a motor vehicle to produce a Jersey driving licence (in respect of an individual application) and satisfactory evidence of vehicle ownership.

Discussion

The Law Draftsman was asked to prepare the necessary changes to the Order on the basis of a brief provided by the Deputy Inspector of Motor Traffic.

The Law Draftsman has advised whilst it was possible to amend the Application to Register a Motor Vehicle Application Form it was not possible to de-prescribe it solely by means of amending the principal Order. Consequently the form has been amended but will remain in the Order.

The Law Draftsman has also included in Amendment No 18 a definition of a Light Passenger Vehicle. This enables such vehicles – which are the only ones which will - pay Vehicle Emissions Duty calculated on CO2 Emissions.

Recommendation

The Minister is recommended to make the Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Amendment No 18) (Jersey) Order 2010 and request the Deputy Inspector to take the necessary action to implement the Order.

Reason(s) for Decision

To make the Motor Vehicle Registration (General Provisions) (Amendment No 18) (Jersey) Order 2010 to allow the Driver and Vehicle Standards Unit to collect Vehicle Emissions Duty on behalf of the Agent of Impots from 01 September 2010.

Action Required

To notify the Greffier of the States and the Law Draftsman that the Order has been made and forward the signed and sealed Order to the Publications Editor at the States Greffe for notification to the States.

Order to be published in the Gazette.

The Deputy Inspector of Motor Traffic to amend DVS publicity, amend and print the Application to Register a Motor Vehicle Form and amend the States website.

Written by:	Deputy Inspector of Motor Traffic

Approved by:	Director of Transport