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THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has extended the deadline to de-register all unlicensed vehicles to the end of this month. ZINARA recently announced that it would de-register more than 200 000 vehicles if their owners failed to heed their call to obtain licences by November 31.
However, in an interview yesterday, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development permanent secretary Mr Munesushe Munodawafa said more than 50 000 motorists had paid their dues.
“We have extended the project by another month till December. There was also a lot of pressure on our staff who could not meet the November deadline,” he said.
Mr Munodawafa also said they were working on a gazetted list of the unlicensed vehicles.
He said for a vehicle to be de-registered, there was need for it to be gazetted.
Mr Munodawafa said what they needed was compliance from motorists to ensure that they licensed their vehicles.
Motorists that have not yet complied with the directive have been urged to do so to avoid inconveniences.
Last month, about 29 000 motorists out of 208 000 unlicensed vehicles had complied with the call to obtain licences.
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development recently mandated zinara in conjunction with the Central Vehicle Registry to remind motorists that the de-registration exercise was in terms of the Vehicle Registration and Licensing Act, Chapter 13:14.
The Act states that, “. . . the registrar may, if according to his records, a registered vehicle has not been licensed or exempted for a period exceeding two years, cancel the registration of the vehicle concerned — provided that the registrar shall not cancel the registration of a vehicle before lapse of 30 days after which he has published his intention to do so by notice in The Gazette and in a newspaper circulation . . .”
“Once a vehicle has been de-registered, the process would be that the vehicle must acquire roadworthiness certificate through Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) and that the re-registration process would attract number plates at a cost of US$160.00 from CVR.”
There would also be need of a police clearance and payment of all outstanding zinara vehicle licence fee arrears.
zinara, through its computerised system, now holds a database of a total of 616 307 vehicles.
The vehicle licensing computerised system was introduced in May 2012 and there had been a huge impact in terms of accountability and revenue collection due to improved controls and record keeping.
In October, zinara revealed that vehicles on the country’s roads had exceeded 1,2 million from 800 000 reported last year, but there was a huge mismatch between vehicles on the road and those that were licensed.
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