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Warrant of Fitness (WOF) Inspection

Anton — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:20:26 +0000

Warrant of Fitness inspection normally applies to passenger cars and light vehicles. WOF Inspections are required for vehicle safety purposes. A vehicle that requires a WOF cannot legally be used on the road unless it has a current Warrant of Fitness certificate.

Wheelbase

Anton — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:18:48 +0000

The longitudinal distance between the first and last axle of a motor vehicle. The wheelbase is normally indicated in millimetres.

Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)

Anton — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:17:48 +0000

A unique 17 character series assigned to the vehicle for the purpose of identification. Most vehicles registered in New Zealand for the first time are required to have a VIN. Trailers and caravans are exempted.

Trading as

Anton — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:16:30 +0000

Name of the business, or trade name, of a vehicle owner, when the vehicle owner has requested that this information be shown on motor vehicle registration forms and other documents generated from the Motor Vehicle Register. Trading names are generally not regarded as “legal” names, and therefore cannot be used in the event of a traffic inquiry.

Trade Plates

Anton — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:14:28 +0000

Trade plates come in 2 Styles:

T1 for use on motorcycles, trailers, towed caravans
T2 for use on cars, trucks, tractors.

Trade plates are issued to motor vehicle dealers, manufacturers and assemblers for use on unregistered vehicles.

Trade plates are registered to the user, not the vehicle. For this reason, it is not possible to obtain vehicle details by querying a trade plate because no vehicle details are recorded against a trade plate.

Tare Weight

Anton — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:12:36 +0000

The unladen weight of a vehicle (usually indicated in kilograms).

Standard Plates

Anton — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:06:03 +0000

Standard plates are sequentially numbered plates issued by government for use on motor vehicles registered in New Zealand. Standard plates can only be used on the vehicles to which they are originally assigned.

Individual owners or legal entities

Anton — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:04:15 +0000

Individual
If the vehicle owner is an individual (legally defined as a “natural person”), the sex will be shown.
Company
Where the vehicle owner is a company, we will indicate this fact and link it to the New Zealand Companies Register.
Other entities
We could also indicate “organisation” for non-natural person entities which are also not companies.

Note, this information is not mandatory and is only recorded if the owner has provided it.

RUC Vehicle Type

Anton — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:44:12 +0000

RUC fees are determined by the design of a vehicle. Specific attributes such as gross laden weight, number of axles, axle type, etc., are combined to provide set criteria known as RUC Vehicle Type descriptions. RUC Vehicle Type information consists of a numeric code for each type.

RUC Licence Weight

Anton — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:43:17 +0000

The nominated gross laden weight in tonnes for which the latest RUC licence was purchased.