Motor Vehicles (Registration of Importers) Act, 1968

Directions by Minister for registration.

3.—(1) The Minister may, if he so thinks fit, direct the Revenue commissioners in writing to register in the register for the importation of motor vehicles of such make and type as may be specified in the direction a person who—

(a) is an assembler of motor vehicles intended for sale the manufacturer (which expression includes a predecessor in title of the manufacturer) of which manufactured motor vehicles which were assembled for sale at any time in the year 1965,

(b) gives an assurance to the Minister of such kind as the Minister considers satisfactory that he will continue to assemble for sale motor vehicles manufactured by that manufacturer to an extent that, in the opinion of the Minister, is satisfactory, and

(c) undertakes to comply with such conditions as the Minister may impose at the time of the giving of the direction.

(2) The Minister may, if he so thinks fit, direct the Revenue commissioners in writing to register in the register for the importation of motor vehicles of such make and type as may be specified in the direction a person who undertakes to comply with such conditions as the Minister may impose at the time of the giving of the direction and who or of whom a predecessor in title imported motor vehicles for the purposes of trade at any time during such period before the commencement of this Act as may be specified by the Minister as soon as may be after such commencement.

(3) The Minister may, if ho so thinks fit, direct the Revenue Commissioners in writing to register in the register for the importation of motor vehicles of such make and type as may be specified in the direction a person (other than a person to whom subsection (1) or (2) of this section applies) who undertakes to comply with such conditions as the Minister may impose at the time of the giving of the direction and who, after the commencement of this Act, assembles motor vehicles for sale to an extent that, in the opinion of the Minister, is satisfactory.

(4) The Minister may, if he so thinks fit, direct the Revenue Commissioners in writing, in respect of a registered person who undertakes to comply with such conditions as the Minister may impose at the time of the giving of the direction, that the person be registered in the register for the importation of such make and type of motor vehicle as may be specified in the direction.

(5) In this section “assembler”, in relation to motor vehicles, means a person who carries on in the State the business of putting together, so as to form the motor vehicles, parts which are supplied to him mainly by the manufacturer of the motor vehicles and which (in so far as they are so supplied) are imported into the State—

(a) in the form of complete or substantially complete aggregates of parts which are classified as knocked down under the Imposition of Duties (No. 159) (Customs Duties and Form of Customs Tariff) Order, 1966, or

(b) in cases where the Minister so authorises, in such other form as the Minister authorises,

and cognate words shall be construed accordingly.