WARRANTS OF FITNESS
PERIOD FOR PRIVATE CARS Wellington, Nov. 22. The extension of warrants of fitness for private cars to one year has raised the interesting question whether current warrants will run until the completion of a year from their date, or whether cars must be submitted for examination to secure an extended warrant. The Minister of Transport, the Hon. J. O’Brien, to whom this point was put, replied that current warrants would run for 12 months for private cars, subject to the important qualification that if the mileage reached 2000 another warrant must be obtained. The original regulation gave the impression that the 12-month warrants would not be issued until the expiry of current warrants, said the secretary of the Automobile Association (Auckland), Mr G. W. Hutchison, y
However, the Minister’s statement had cleared the whole matter up and the arrangement should prove most satisfactory for motorists.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 25 November 1943, Page 3
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