Motor Vehicle Registration (Jersey) Law 1993

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Motor Vehicle Registration (Jersey) Law 1993

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Motor Vehicle Registration (Jersey) Law 1993

Article

PRELIMINARY  5

1                 Interpretation. 5

REGISTRATION   6

2                 Application. 6

2A              Indicator of use of vehicle for naval, military or air force purposes. 7

3                 The register. 7

4                 Registration of motor vehicles. 8

5                 Entries in the register subsequent to registration. 8

5A              Assignment of registration marks. 9

6                 Display of registration marks. 10

7                 Orders in relation to registration. 10

TRADE LICENCES  12

8                 Issue and renewal of trade licences. 12

9                 Display of trade licence plates. 13

10              Orders in relation to trade licences. 13

OFFENCES AND PENALTIES  14

11              False or misleading declarations, etc., and failure to make notifications or furnish particulars  14

12              Using vehicles without registration or trade licences or obscuring or not fixing registration marks or trade licence marks. 15

13              Forgery and offences involving fraud. 16

14              Power to inflict and levy fines summarily. 16

MISCELLANEOUS  17

15              Addresses. 17

16              Orders. 17

17              Non-liability. 18

18              Citation. 18

Offences for which Centenier may inflict and levy fines summarily  19

Table of Legislation History. 20

Table of Renumbered Provisions. 21

Table of Endnote References. 22

 


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Motor Vehicle Registration (Jersey) Law 1993[1]

A LAW with regard to the registration of motor vehicles

Commencement [see endnotes]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

1        Interpretation

(1)     In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires –

“Inspector” means the Inspector of Motor Traffic appointed under Article 2 of the Motor Traffic (Jersey) Law 1935;

“insurance write off” means a determination by an insurer that the cost of repairing damage to a motor vehicle caused by a peril insured against would exceed the value of the vehicle when repaired;

“invalid carriage” means a mechanically propelled vehicle which –

(a)     has an unladen weight not exceeding 5 hundredweight;

(b)     is not capable of exceeding a speed of 8 miles per hour on the level under its own power;

(c)     is specifically designed and constructed, and not merely adapted, for the use of a person suffering from some physical defect or disability; and

(d)     is used solely by such a person;

“Minister” means the Minister for Infrastructure;

“motor trader” has the meaning assigned to it in Article 8(1);

“motor vehicle” means any mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads;

“owner”, in relation to a motor vehicle which is the subject of a hire purchase agreement, means the person in possession of the motor vehicle under that agreement, and “owned” or “ownership”, in the same relation, has a corresponding meaning;

“prescribed” means prescribed by Order made by the Minister;

“register” means either –

(a)     the register of motor vehicles described in Article 3; or

(b)     to register under this Law;

“registered motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle which has been, and at any material time continues to be, registered pursuant to Article 4;

“registration document” means a registration document issued in respect of a motor vehicle under Part 2;

“registration mark” means a mark assigned to a motor vehicle under this Law or under any Order under this Law;

“road” means any public road, any other road to which the public has access, any of the roads on the Rue de Près Trading Estate, any bridge over which a road passes, any public place and any sea beach.[2]

(2)     Unless the context otherwise requires, where this Law refers to a change of ownership of a vehicle it includes a reference to the change of ownership of a share in the vehicle.

PART 2

REGISTRATION

2        Application

Nothing in this Law shall operate to require the registration under this Law of –

(a)     any vehicle other than a motor vehicle;

(b)     any motor vehicle for the time being the property of the Crown and used by the Lieutenant-Governor in the performance of his or her official duties;

(ba)    any motor vehicle that, for the time being –

(i)      is used for the purposes of a home force, as defined by Article 3(1) of the Armed Forces (Offences and Jurisdiction) (Jersey) Law 2017, and

(ii)      indicates that use as required by Article 2A;

(c)     any invalid carriage; or

(d)     any vehicle which is for the time being exempt from registration by virtue of the Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Jersey) Regulations 1958.[3]

2A     Indicator of use of vehicle for naval, military or air force purposes[4]

(1)     A motor vehicle indicates its use, for the purpose of Article 2(ba)(ii), if –

(a)     a plate, disc or document (an “indicator”) is displayed in a conspicuous place on or in the motor vehicle, so as to be clearly visible from outside the motor vehicle;

(b)     the Inspector has, by notice under paragraph (3), approved the indicator, or a description of indicators within which the indicator falls, for the purpose of Article 2(ba)(ii); and

(c)     the indicator is used in accordance with any condition imposed by the Inspector under paragraph (2).

(2)     The Inspector may, by notice under paragraph (3), impose any one or more of the following conditions on the use of an indicator –

(a)     a condition that the indicator includes a mark identifying the particular indicator;

(b)     a condition that a particular indicator is used only in relation to a particular motor vehicle or by a particular person or home force, or that particular descriptions of indicator are used only in relation to particular descriptions of motor vehicle;

(c)     a condition that the indicator is not used in relation to a motor vehicle unless, when the vehicle was brought to Jersey or on some other occasion specified in the condition, the Inspector was notified of the intention to use it for the purposes of a home force;

(d)     any other condition appearing to the Inspector likely to be useful in identifying the motor vehicle or in verifying the use of the motor vehicle.

(3)     The notice must be given –

(a)     in writing or by electronic communication within the meaning of the Electronic Communications (Jersey) Law 2000; and

(b)     to a member of a home force who has been nominated by that force for the purpose of enabling that force to bring the approval or condition to the attention of any person, or of any other of the home forces, who might reasonably be expected to seek to rely on Article 2(ba).

(4)     The Minister may by Order, after consulting any member of a home force appearing appropriate to the Minister, amend paragraphs (1) and (2) to add, substitute or remove any requirement as to the indication of the use of a motor vehicle.

(5)     In this Article “home force” has the meaning given by Article 3(1) of the Armed Forces (Offences and Jurisdiction) (Jersey) Law 2017.

3        The register

(1)     The Inspector shall cause to be compiled and maintained a register of motor vehicles containing in respect of each motor vehicle registered under this Law such particulars as shall be prescribed.

(2)     The register may be compiled or maintained by recording particulars –

(a)     in written form;

(b)     by mechanical, electronic or other means by which those particulars will remain stored and capable of reproduction in written form; or

(c)     by a combination of those methods.

4        Registration of motor vehicles

(1)     Upon the receipt by the Inspector of –

(a)     an application in the prescribed form made by the owner of a motor vehicle for its registration containing such particulars in respect of the motor vehicle as shall be prescribed;

(b)     evidence in the prescribed form of insurance being in force in respect of third-party risks in relation to the use of the vehicle by the owner; and

(c)     the prescribed fee,

and upon the Inspector being satisfied that –

(d)     the particulars of the vehicle stated in the application are correctly stated;

(e)     the vehicle complies with the prescribed requirements for registration; and

(f)      the vehicle is in Jersey,

the Inspector shall –

(g)     register the vehicle, assign or cause to be assigned to the vehicle a registration mark and enter in the register such particulars in respect of the vehicle as shall be prescribed; and

(h)     issue to the owner a registration document in the prescribed form in respect of the vehicle.

(2)     In the case of a motor vehicle registered under the Motor Vehicle Duty (Jersey) Law 1957 and in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Article –

(a)     the registration of the vehicle; or

(b)     the assignment to the vehicle of a registration mark,

under that Law shall be deemed to be a registration or assignment effected under this Law and the registration book last issued under that Law in respect of the vehicle shall be deemed to be a registration document issued under this Law.

(3)     [5]

5        Entries in the register subsequent to registration

(1)     Within the prescribed period and in the prescribed manner the owner of a registered motor vehicle shall notify the Inspector of –

(a)     an alteration of the vehicle or its use rendering incorrect any of the particulars contained in the registration document last issued in respect of the vehicle;

(b)     a change of the address or name of the owner from that contained in the registration document last issued in respect of the vehicle; or

(c)     the permanent removal from Jersey, breaking up or destruction of the vehicle.[6]

(2)     After a change of ownership of a registered motor vehicle, the previous owner and the new owner of the vehicle shall each within the prescribed period and in the prescribed manner notify the Inspector of the change of ownership.

(3)     Where a registered motor vehicle is the subject of an insurance write off the insurer shall, within the prescribed period and in the prescribed manner, notify the Inspector of that fact.[7]

(4)     Upon the receipt by the Inspector of –

(a)     notification pursuant to paragraph (1), (2) or (3); or

(b)     other evidence satisfactory to the Inspector of a matter notifiable under paragraph (1), (2) or (3),

the Inspector may enter the relevant particulars in the register.[8]

(5)     Where the Inspector makes an entry in the register pursuant to paragraph (4) in respect of –

(a)     an alteration of a registered motor vehicle or its use or a change of address or name of the owner of a registered motor vehicle, the Inspector shall issue to the owner a registration document in respect of the vehicle recording the alteration or change;

(b)     the permanent removal from Jersey, breaking up or destruction of a registered motor vehicle, the Inspector shall cancel the registration of the vehicle and make an entry to that effect on the register;

(c)     a change of ownership of a registered motor vehicle, the Inspector shall issue to the new owner a registration document in respect of the vehicle recording the new owner as owner of the vehicle.

(d)     an insurance write off of a registered motor vehicle, and the Inspector has not at that time received notification of the breaking up or destruction of the vehicle, the Inspector shall issue to the owner a registration document in respect of the vehicle recording the insurance write off.[9]

(6)     In any case to which paragraph (5) applies, the Inspector shall cancel any registration document previously issued which is delivered to him or her and may at his or her discretion destroy it.

5A     Assignment of registration marks[10]

(1)     This Article applies to the assignment of a registration mark under Article 4 or under any other provision of or under this Law.

(2)     The Inspector shall ensure –

(a)     that when an assignment takes effect, the registration mark assigned is different from any registration mark for the time being assigned to any other registered motor vehicle; and

(b)     that when a withdrawal of a registration mark from a vehicle takes effect, either another mark is assigned to that vehicle or the vehicle is no longer registered.

(3)     Subject to paragraph (2) and any provision of an Order under Article 7, the fact that a registration mark has previously been assigned to or withdrawn from a vehicle does not prevent the Inspector from assigning that mark to, or withdrawing it from, that vehicle or any other vehicle.

(4)     The Inspector shall determine the registration mark to be assigned to a motor vehicle –

(a)     in accordance with any scheme published by the Minister; or

(b)     if no such scheme is published, as the Inspector sees fit.

(5)     Paragraph (4) does not apply to the extent that an Order under Article 7 makes other provision (whether in relation to the composition of the mark, or to any right of a person to assignment of a particular mark, or otherwise).

6        Display of registration marks

(1)     The registration mark assigned to a motor vehicle in accordance with this Law shall be fixed on the vehicle, or on any other vehicle drawn by that vehicle, or on both, in the prescribed manner.

(2)     Except as provided in paragraph (1), no person shall fix a registration mark assigned to a motor vehicle in accordance with this Law on any other vehicle, and if he or she does so he or she shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of 6 months and to a fine of level 3 on the standard scale.[11]

(3)     Where the registration mark assigned to a motor vehicle in accordance with this Law is displayed on the vehicle in a manner other than the prescribed manner, the Inspector may, by letter posted to the person recorded in the register as the owner of the vehicle at the most recent address notified by him or her to the Inspector, serve notice on that person of his or her intention to withdraw the registration mark unless within a period of 14 days after the posting of the letter the vehicle is produced to the Inspector with the registration mark displayed on the vehicle in the prescribed manner; and if the requirements of the notice are not complied with the Inspector may withdraw the registration mark and assign another registration mark in its place, such withdrawal and assignment to take effect on a day specified by the Inspector and notified by him or her to that person in the same manner as the notice previously served.

7        Orders in relation to registration

The Minister may by Order make provision with respect to the registration of motor vehicles and, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing –

(a)     records to be compiled and maintained by the Inspector in respect of the registration of motor vehicles and in respect of the assignment of registration marks;

(b)     eligibility of motor vehicles for registration;

(ba)    assignment and withdrawal of registration marks, including the grant (whether for payment, as part of an arrangement of exchange, or otherwise) of rights to assignment of particular marks (“mark-rights”), and the issue of documents certifying such rights (“mark-right documents”);

(c)     forms of application for registration of motor vehicles, for assignment of registration marks and for grant of mark-rights, including requirements for particulars to be furnished in connection with the vehicles involved and for evidence to be furnished of insurance being in force in respect of third-party risks in relation to their use;

(d)     fees payable on applications for the registration of motor vehicles, for assignment of registration marks and for grant of mark-rights, including repayment of such fees;

(e)     payments for grant of mark-rights (whether by private agreement, tender, auction or otherwise);

(f)      notification to the Inspector within a prescribed period and in a prescribed manner of –

(i)      any alteration to a registered motor vehicle or to its use,

(ii)      any change of address or name of the owner of a registered motor vehicle,

(iii)     any change of ownership of a registered motor vehicle,

(iv)     the permanent removal from Jersey, breaking up or destruction of a registered motor vehicle,

(v)     an insurance write off of a registered motor vehicle;

(g)     inspection of motor vehicles to establish eligibility for registration or for assignment of a registration mark, or to verify particulars stated in any application, notification or registration document and production of motor vehicles for inspection;

(h)     verification of particulars entered in the register and the monitoring of their continuing accuracy;

(i)      amendment of the register by the correction of incorrect particulars, completion of incomplete particulars and insertion of particulars which have been omitted, or to record changes in assignment of registration marks;

(j)      forms of registration documents and of mark-right documents, particulars to be entered on such documents, issue and surrender of such documents and correction or replacement of such documents that are incorrect or incomplete;

(k)     issue of documents in replacement of registration or mark-right documents, if those documents are lost, stolen, destroyed, damaged or become illegible, and fees to be paid on issue of replacement documents;

(l)      production to and inspection by prescribed persons of registration documents, and surrender of mark-right documents;

(m)    making any particulars contained in the register available in prescribed circumstances for use by prescribed persons;

(n)     size, shape and character of the registration marks to be fixed on any vehicle, and the manner in which those marks are to be displayed and rendered distinguishable, whether by night or by day; and

(o)     delegation (whether by the Order itself, by the Minister or Inspector or otherwise) of any function of the Inspector under this Law or the Order to any other person, or for authorization of any other person to act on behalf of the Inspector, including arrangements for payment of that person (including by that person keeping amounts paid by persons for grant of mark-rights);

(p)     refusal or delay of grant of mark-rights, or of assignment of registration marks, or of performance of other functions of the Inspector, and reviews or appeals in relation to such refusal or delay or to withdrawal of registration marks.[12]

PART 3

TRADE LICENCES

8        Issue and renewal of trade licences

(1)     In this Law, the expression “motor trader” means a dealer in, or a manufacturer or repairer of, motor vehicles.

(2)     On application in the prescribed form for a trade licence by a motor trader, the Inspector may, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue a trade licence to the motor trader.[13]

(2A)   If the Inspector issues a trade licence under paragraph (2), the Inspector shall –

(a)     assign a trade licence mark to the motor trader;

(b)     require the motor trader to obtain trade licence plates bearing that trade licence mark; and

(c)     deliver to the motor trader a receipt in respect of the fee paid.[14]

(3)     The trade licence plates so obtained may be fixed to any motor vehicle which is –

(a)     owned in the course of his or her business as a motor trader by the person holding the trade licence; and

(b)     not a registered motor vehicle.[15]

(4)     A person shall not by virtue of holding a trade licence –

(a)     use more than one vehicle at any one time, except in the case of a vehicle drawing a trailer and used for a prescribed purpose; or

(b)     use any vehicle for any purpose other than such purposes as shall be prescribed.

(5)     A trade licence shall remain in force until the end of the calendar year in which it is issued and shall be subject to renewal as provided in paragraph (6).

(6)     Upon the receipt by the Inspector of an application in the prescribed form made by a person to whom a trade licence has been issued and who is a motor trader for the renewal of the licence, the Inspector may, on payment of the prescribed fee, renew his or her licence and his or her entitlement to the use of the trade licence plates bearing the trade licence mark previously assigned to him or her for a further calendar year and issue to him or her a receipt for the fee paid.

(7)     Nothing in this Article shall prevent a person entitled to obtain a trade licence from holding 2 or more such licences and trade licence marks and the trade licence plates obtained in respect of each of those licences.[16]

(8)     Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Inspector to issue or renew a trade licence may appeal to the Minister and the Minister shall, on any such appeal, give such directions in the matter as he or she thinks just, and the Inspector shall comply with such directions.

9        Display of trade licence plates

Where a person uses or keeps a motor vehicle on a road by virtue of holding a trade licence, the trade licence plates in respect of the trade licence shall be fixed on the vehicle in the prescribed manner.[17]

10      Orders in relation to trade licences

The Minister may by Order make provision with respect to trade licences and, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing –

(a)     records to be compiled and maintained by the Inspector in respect of trade licences;

(b)     the purposes for which and by whom a vehicle may be used by virtue of the holding of a trade licence;

(c)     forms of application for the issue and renewal of trade licences and the manner in which applications are to be made for issue and renewal;

(d)     fees payable on applications for the issue and renewal of trade licences, and forms of receipts for fees so paid;

(e)     issue and form of trade licences;

(f)      assignment of trade licence marks;

(g)     size, shape and characteristics of trade licence marks and trade licence plates;

(h)     the manner in which trade licence plates are to be fixed on any vehicle and the manner in which they are to be displayed and rendered distinguishable, whether by day or by night;

(i)      display on trade licence plates of –

(i)      receipts for fees paid on the issue or renewal of trade licences, and

(ii)      insurance discs issued under the Motor Traffic (Third-Party Insurance) (Jersey) Law 1948;

(j)      notification to the Inspector of any change of address of the holder of a trade licence;

(k)     issue of trade licences in replacement of licences which may be lost, stolen, destroyed, damaged or become illegible, and fees to be paid on the issue of a replacement licence;

(l)      production to and inspection by prescribed persons of trade licences and trade licence plates; and

(m)    making information as to trade licences and trade licence plates available in prescribed circumstances for use by prescribed persons.[18]

PART 4

OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

11      False or misleading declarations, etc., and failure to make notifications or furnish particulars

(1)     Any person who –

(a)     in applying for registration of a motor vehicle under Article 4, or for the grant of a mark-right under an Order under Article 7, or for the assignment of a registration mark under such an Order;

(b)     being required by virtue of Article 5 to notify the Inspector of the alteration, change of use, removal from Jersey, breaking up or destruction, insurance write off or change of ownership of a registered motor vehicle or the change of address or name of the owner of a registered motor vehicle; or

(c)     in applying for the issue or renewal of a trade licence under Article 8,

makes a declaration or notification or furnishes particulars which to his or her knowledge is or are false or in any material respect misleading shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.[19]

(2)     Any person required by virtue of Article 5 to notify the Inspector of the alteration, change of use, removal from Jersey, breaking up or destruction, insurance write off or change of ownership of a registered motor vehicle or the change of address or name of the owner of a registered motor vehicle who fails to make such notification within the prescribed period and in the prescribed manner shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.[20]

12      Using vehicles without registration or trade licences or obscuring or not fixing registration marks or trade licence marks

(1)     Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall use or keep on a road a motor vehicle which is not either –

(a)     a registered motor vehicle;

(b)     exempt from registration by virtue of Article 2; or

(c)     used or kept on the road by virtue of a trade licence issued under Article 8.

(2)     It shall be a defence for a person charged under paragraph (1) to prove that the vehicle was being driven on a road either –

(a)     for the purpose of taking it for registration under Article 4; or

(b)     directly from the point at which the vehicle had entered Jersey to the place at which it was to be kept or kept until it was taken to be so registered.

(3)     A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.[21]

(4)     If a person who holds a trade licence issued in accordance with Article 8 and in the purported exercise of such licence –

(a)     uses or keeps on a road or roads at any one time more than one vehicle or more than one vehicle drawing a trailer; or

(b)     uses a vehicle on a road for any purpose other than a purpose prescribed in connection with the trade licence,

he or she shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.[22]

(5)     In any proceedings under paragraph (4), if any question arises –

(a)     as to the number of vehicles used or kept; or

(b)     as to the purpose for which any vehicle has been used,

the burden of proof in respect of the matter in question shall lie on the defendant.

(6)     If any registration mark or trade licence plate to be fixed on a vehicle in accordance with Article 6 or 9 is not so fixed, a person using or keeping the vehicle on a road shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.[23]

(7)     Subject to paragraph (8), if –

(a)     any registration mark; or

(b)     any trade licence mark borne on a trade licence plate,

fixed on a vehicle in accordance with Article 6 or 9 is in any way obscured or rendered or allowed to become not easily distinguishable, a person using or keeping the vehicle on a road shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.[24]

(8)     It shall be a defence for a person charged under paragraph (7) to prove that he or she took all steps reasonably practicable to prevent the mark being obscured or rendered not easily distinguishable.

(9)     Where it is alleged that a vehicle has been used or kept on a road in contravention of any of the foregoing provisions of this Article –

(a)     the owner of the vehicle shall give such information as he or she may be required by or on behalf of –

(i)      the Inspector, or

(ii)      a police officer,

to give as to the identity of any person using or keeping the vehicle and, if the owner fails to do so, he or she shall be guilty of an offence, unless he or she shows to the satisfaction of the court that he or she did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained who was using or keeping the vehicle; and

(b)     any other person shall, if required as aforesaid, give any information which it is in his or her power to give and which may lead to the identification of the person using or keeping the vehicle and, if he or she fails to do so, he or she shall be guilty of an offence.[25]

(10)    A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (9)(a) or (b) shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.[26]

13      Forgery and offences involving fraud

If any person forges, or fraudulently alters or uses, or fraudulently lends to or allows to be used by any other person –

(a)     any registration mark or trade licence plate to be fixed on a motor vehicle in accordance with Article 6 or 9; or

(b)     any registration document, mark-right document (under an Order under Article 7), trade licence or receipt for a fee paid on the issue or renewal of a trade licence,

he or she shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.[27]

14      Power to inflict and levy fines summarily[28]

(1)     If a person who is charged with any offence under this Law specified in Schedule 1 accepts the decision of a Centenier having jurisdiction in the matter, that Centenier may inflict and levy summarily a fine up to an amount not exceeding that specified in Schedule 1 in respect of that offence.[29]

(2)     If a fine is levied by a Centenier under this Article –

(a)     he or she shall give a receipt for it; and

(b)     he or she shall as soon as practicable inform the Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police Force of the matter, giving such details as the Chief Officer may request.[30]

(3)     The States may by Regulations amend Schedule 1 by adding or deleting any offence specified in this Law.

PART 5

MISCELLANEOUS

15      Addresses

(1)     A person who –

(a)     pursuant to Article 4, applies to the Inspector for the registration of a motor vehicle;

(b)     pursuant to Article 5 –

(i)      being the owner of a registered motor vehicle, notifies the Inspector of a change of address, or

(ii)      being the new owner of a registered motor vehicle, notifies the Inspector of a change of ownership of the vehicle;

(c)     pursuant to Article 8, applies to the Inspector for a trade licence or renewal of a trade licence; or

(d)     being the holder of a trade licence, notifies the Inspector of a change of address,

shall in the application or the document by means of which notification is given state as his or her address an address in Jersey.

(2)     The address to be stated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall –

(a)     in the case of a person applying for a trade licence or renewal of a trade licence or who holds a trade licence, be the address of his or her principal place of business as a motor trader in Jersey;

(b)     in any other case, where the person is –

(i)      an individual, be the address of his or her place of residence or, if he or she does not reside in Jersey, an address through which he or she may most readily be contacted, or

(ii)      a body corporate, be the address of its principal place of business in Jersey or its registered office.

16      Orders

(1)     The Minister may by Order make provision for the purpose of carrying this Law into effect and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, for prescribing any matter which may or is to be prescribed under this Law.

(2)     If a person contravenes or fails to comply with any Order made under this Law, and that contravention or failure is not by virtue of any other provision of this Law an offence, he or she shall be guilty of an offence under this paragraph and liable to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.[31]

(3)     [32]

17      Non-liability

(1)     The entry in the register or the inclusion in a registration document of any information relating to a motor vehicle or its owner or the ownership of a motor vehicle shall not constitute, or be deemed to constitute, a representation or warranty (garantie) on the part of the States, the Minister, the Inspector or any person acting on behalf of the Minister or the Inspector as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information.

(2)     Neither the States nor the Minister nor the Inspector nor any person acting on behalf of the Minister or the Inspector shall be liable in damages for or in respect of any act or matter done or omitted to be done in good faith in the exercise or supposed exercise of the duties imposed or powers conferred by this Law or any Order made in pursuance of this Law.

18      Citation

This Law may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Registration (Jersey) Law 1993.

 

 


SCHEDULE[33]

(Article14(1))

Offences for which Centenier may inflict and levy fines summarily

 

Offence

Maximum amount that Centenier may inflict and levy

1.       Any contravention of Article 11(2) of this Law.

1.       Level 1 on the standard scale.

 

 


Endnotes

Table of Legislation History

Legislation

Year and No

Commencement

◦Projet No
(where applicable)

Motor Vehicle Registration (Jersey) Law 1993

L.26/1993

1 January 1994 (R&O.8627)

 

Motor Vehicle Registration (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 1995

L.11/1995

1 July 1995 (R&O.8832)

 

Motor Vehicle Registration (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Law 2003

L.37/2003

14 November 2003

P.49/2003

Motor Vehicle Registration (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) Law 2004

L.10/2004

18 June 2004

P.195/2003

States of Jersey (Amendments and Construction Provisions No. 7) (Jersey) Regulations 2005

R&O.47/2005

9 December 2005

P.61/2005

States of Jersey (Transfer of Functions No. 1) (Home Affairs to Transport and Technical Services) (Jersey) Regulations 2006

R&O.41/2006

1 May 2006

P.26/2006

Criminal Procedure (Connétables and Centeniers) (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2009

L.2/2009

9 January 2009

P.118/2008

Summary Fines (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Jersey) Law 2010

L.2/2010

15 January 2010

P.6/2009

Motor Vehicle Registration (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Law 2013

L.19/2013

22 November 2013

P.95/2013

Connétables (Miscellaneous Provisions – Consequential Amendments) (Jersey) Regulations 2014

R&O.81/2014

1 August 2014 (R&O.80/2014)

P.78/2014

States of Jersey Police Force Law 2012

L.37/2012

1 August 2014

(R&O.87/2014)

P.182/2011

States of Jersey (Transfer of Functions No. 8) (Miscellaneous Transfers) (Jersey) Regulations 2015

R&O.158/2015

1 January 2016

P.46/2015 (re-issue)

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey) Law 2016

L.1/2016

20 September 2016

(R&O.98/2016)

P.87/2015

Armed Forces (Vehicles and Roads – Amendments) (Jersey) Regulations 2018

R&O.66/2018

30 June 2018

P.40/2018

States of Jersey (Minister for International Development and Minister for Children and Housing) (Jersey) Order 2018

R&O.82/2018

21 July 2018

 

States of Jersey (Minister for Children and Education, Minister for Housing and Communities and Minister for External Relations and Financial Services) (Jersey) Order 2021

R&O.29/2021

2 March 2021

 

Legislation (Jersey) Law 2021

L.8/2021

(R&O.112/2021)

28 September 2021

P.26/2021

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Table of Renumbered Provisions

Original

Current

PART I

PART 1

1(3), (4), (5)

spent, omitted from this revised edition

PART II

PART 2

5(2A)

5(3)

5(3)

5(4)

5(4)

5(5)

5(5)

5(6)

7(j)

7(i)

7(k)

7(j)

7(l)

7(k)

7(m)

spent, omitted from this revised edition

7(n)

7(l)

7(o)

7(m)

7(p)

7(n)

7(q)

7(o)

PART III

PART 3

10(j)

10(i)

10(k)

10(j)

10(l)

10(k)

10(m)

10(l)

10(n)

10(m)

PART IV

PART 4

13A

14

PART V

PART 5

14

15

15

16

16

17

17

spent, omitted from this revised edition

18(1)

18

18(2)

spent, omitted from this revised edition

SCHEDULE (original)

spent, omitted from this revised edition

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE

Table of Endnote References



[1]                                     This Law has been amended by the States of Jersey (Amendments and Construction Provisions No. 7) (Jersey) Regulations 2005. The amendments replace all references to a Committee of the States of Jersey with a reference to a Minister of the States of Jersey, and remove and add defined terms appropriately, consequentially upon the move from a committee system of government to a ministerial system of government

                                     

                                      This Law has been further amended by the States of Jersey (Transfer of Functions No. 1) (Home Affairs to Transport and Technical Services)) (Jersey) Regulations 2006. The amendments give effect to the transfer of functions from the Minister for Home Affairs to the Minister for Transport and Technical Services

 

[2] Article 1(1)                  amended by L.11/1995, L.19/2013, R&O.158/2015, R&O.82/2018, R&O.29/2021

[3] Article 2                      amended by R&O.66/2018

[4] Article 2A                    inserted by R&O.66/2018

[5] Article 4(3)                  deleted by L.19/2013

[6] Article 5(1)                  amended by L.10/2004, L.19/2013

[7] Article 5(3)                  inserted by L.11/1995

[8] Article 5(4)                  amended by L.11/1995

[9] Article 5(5)                  amended by L.11/1995, L.10/2004, L.19/2013

[10] Article 5A                   inserted by L.19/2013

[11] Article 6(2)                 amended by L.1/2016

[12] Article 7                     amended by L.11/1995, L.10/2004, L.19/2013

[13] Article 8(2)                 substituted by L.19/2013

[14] Article 8(2A)              inserted by L.19/2013

[15] Article 8(3)                 amended by L.19/2013

[16] Article 8(7)                 amended by L.19/2013

[17] Article 9                     amended by L.19/2013

[18] Article 10                   amended by L.19/2013

[19] Article 11(1)               amended by L.11/1995, L.37/2003, L.10/2004, L.19/2013

[20] Article 11(2)               amended by L.11/1995, L.37/2003, L.10/2004, L.19/2013

[21] Article 12(3)               amended by L.37/2003

[22] Article 12(4)               amended by L.37/2003

[23] Article 12(6)               amended by L.37/2003

[24] Article 12(7)               amended by L.37/2003

[25] Article 12(9)               amended by L.37/2012

[26] Article 12(10)             amended by L.37/2003

[27] Article 13                   amended by L.37/2003, L.19/2013

[28] Article 14                   inserted by L.37/2003

[29] Article 14(1)               amended by L.2/2009, R&O.81/2014

[30] Article 14(2)               amended by R&O.81/2014

[31] Article 16(2)               substituted by L.37/2003

[32] Article 16(3)               deleted by L.8/2021

[33] Schedule                    inserted by L.37/2003, amended by L.2/2010, R&O.81/2014, L.1/2016


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