| (1) | The motor vehicle licence and licence disc of a motor vehicle shall become null and void on the date— |
| (a) | referred to in regulation 25(5) or 31(1); |
| (b) | on which a new licence number is allocated as referred to in regulation 29; |
| (c) | on which a personalised licence number is allocated under regulation 28(5); |
| (d) | of issue of an acknowledgement of receipt in terms of regulation 54(4)(d) or 55(3)(c) in respect of the motor vehicle concerned; |
(e) of deregistration in terms of this Chapter;
| (f) | of change of owner of such motor vehicle, which includes for the purposes of this paragraph every branch of a business or body of persons referred to in paragraph (a)(ii), (iii) and (iv) of the definition of "appropriate registering authority" in regulation 1, but if the owner of a motor vehicle is a partnership and a change of owner of such motor vehicle occurs by reason of one of the partners dying or ceasing to be a partner of such partnership or a new partner being admitted thereto, the registering authority concerned may, upon written application by or on behalf of such partnership, determine that no change of owner shall be deemed to have occurred in respect of such motor vehicle; |
| (g) | on which the motor vehicle is acquired or the estate is wound up, whichever date is the earlier, if the motor vehicle concerned is acquired from the estate of a deceased person; |
| (h) | if the motor vehicle is subject to an instalment sale transaction or leasing transaction as defined in the Credit Agreements Act, 1980 (Act No.75 of 1980), 31 days from the date of repossession of the motor vehicle concerned by the title holder (credit grantor): Provided that the motor vehicle licence and licence disc of a motor vehicle of which the owner fulfills his or her obligation in terms of section 12 of the said Act, does not become null and void; |
| (i) | determined by the MEC concerned in any circumstances not contemplated in this regulation; or |
| (j) | the operator card in respect of such motor vehicle expires or is no longer applicable to such motor vehicle. |
| (2) | The words "change of owner" excludes for the purposes of this regulation a change— |
| (a) | of name in terms of sections 24 to 26 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1992 (Act No. 51 of 1992), in terms of section 56(1) of the Banks Act, 1990 (Act No. 94 of 1990), in terms of sections 19 to 20 of the Close Corporations Act, 1984 (Act No. 69 of 1984) or in terms of section 44 of the Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973); |
(b) of address; or
(c) of proxy or representative.
