144Duration of registration of certain trailers registered before

144 Duration of registration of certain trailers registered before commencement (1) Subsection (2) applies in relation to a trailer (a relevant trailer) of the class prescribed by the regulation inserted by section 40 of the amending Act if: (a) the trailer was registered, or purported to be registered, before the commencement for a period (a longer period) specified in the trailer's certificate of registration that was longer than the 12-month period provided by section 103, as in force immediately before the commencement; and (b) the longer period was specified in the trailer's certificate of registration in reliance on an exemption from the application of section 103 that was granted, or purported to be granted, under section 135 before the commencement; and (c) the longer period specified in the trailer's certificate of registration had not yet expired immediately before the commencement. (2) After the commencement, the registration of the relevant trailer: (a) is in force for the remainder of the unexpired longer period specified in the trailer's certificate of registration; and (b) has effect as if the longer period of registration had been granted under section 103, as inserted by the amending Act. Motor Vehicles Act 1949 125 commencement means the commencement of section 34 of the amending Act.