IMPRESS VEHICLES

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 71, 25 March 1941, Page 3

IMPRESS VEHICLES

FURTHER MOVE MADE.

AMENDING REGULATIONS.

Amending regulations regarding th? . imprisyinent of motor vehicles by the Government for military iuir|H«iO. just j ]>irWh~]ic<l, give the antlioritics further control over vehicles under a "notice ot j intention to impress" for a |»oriod of j not more than mx months. Owners are | required to give all rei'sonaliie a-pVI- i ain-c anil information to officers who, vehicle.-; to a-cerlain their con- j dition and suitability for iin|-resr-nient. , It is the duty of the registered ovvn'r| and al<-o of am person in who»e| |>os-;-c i-ion the voh'nie may he, ii|x>n j receipt <;f a notice of intention to imjir«.■«—■. to ' ce]i the ve-'.ii.-ie in good run-J ning repair in all re-pectn for six month* or until a warrant of intjirew niciit ha* been i-rrvod. vviiii-'.iever is the earlier. Id this eiul all repair*. Tnainti nance and rcplacemente mu-t !>.■ carried out "ro far a-, is reasonably ]:<vr>Bile. having regard to the availability of |mrts required for replacement purposes.*' Exemption from this requirement may. however, be granted on the ground of undue hard-hip. It ips not prohibited to dis pose of a motor vehicle by sale or othcrvvic-e after the irisue of a notice respivtiiv: it. but «-er<ain requirements luive to be met. A notice of intention to impress may be revoked at any time, and the service ot such a notice is not to give rii=e to any ■claim to payment, com [vendition or damages, or any other claim not e\-jirc-c-Iy provided for in Ui» regulation^.