Motor Vehicles (Registration of Importers) Act, 1968
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Definitions. |
1.—(1) In this Act— | |
“The Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce; | ||
“motor vehicle” means, subject to subsection (2) of this section, a mechanically propelled vehicle which is complete or substantially complete and which derives its motive power from an internal combustion engine and is primarily designed, constructed and suitable for use on roads either for the carriage of goods or materials or persons or both goods or materials and persons or for the traction of a trailer or other vehicle, and includes a chassis or body which is complete or substantially complete and which is designed and constructed primarily for such a mechanically propelled vehicle, but does not include a vehicle having less than four wheels, a vehicle which is designed and constructed for the carriage of more than sixteen persons (inclusive of the driver) whether with or without goods, an agricultural tractor or a chassis or body which is complete or substantially complete and which is designed and constructed primarily for either of such vehicles or for such tractor; | ||
“the register” has the meaning specified in section 2 of this Act; | ||
“registered person” means a person whose name stands entered for the time being in the register. | ||
(2) The Minister may, if he so thinks fit, by regulations, extend or restrict the definition of “motor vehicle” in subsection (1) of this section so as to include in or exclude from the definition such kind, type, class or category of mechanically propelled vehicle as may be specified in the regulations, and, where regulations are for the time being in force under this subsection, “motor vehicle” shall have the meaning assigned to it by the definition in subsection (1) of this section, as extended or restricted, as the case may be, by those regulations. |