34Number plate to be displayed

34. Number plate to be displayed

(1) A person must not drive or use a vehicle registered under this Act, otherwise than on private land by consent, unless the number plate issued in respect of the vehicle is affixed to the vehicle so that it is plainly visible and complies with any prescribed requirement relating thereto.

(2) A person must not drive or use a vehicle licensed under the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012, on any land (except in the circumstances prescribed under that Act, on private land by consent, or otherwise with the prior approval of either the Director General under this Act or the Director General under that Act) unless the number plates issued under that Act in respect of the vehicle are affixed to the vehicle in the manner required by that Act and the regulations in force thereunder.

[Section 34 amended: No. 106 of 1981 s. 34; No. 76 of 1996 s. 27; No. 7 of 2002 s. 10; No. 8 of 2012 s. 66; No. 8 of 2025 s. 7(2), 14 and 15.]