16Dishonour notices

16 Dishonour notices (1) This section applies to the following amounts payable under the road transport legislation: (a) a fee, charge or other amount payable in relation to the issue, variation or renewal of a driver licence; (b) a fee, charge or other amount in relation to a driving instructor’s or heavy vehicle driver assessor’s accreditation or an accreditation under the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001; (c) a fee, charge or other amount payable in relation to the registration or renewal of registration of a vehicle; (d) a fee, charge or other amount payable in relation to the issue of an MAI policy under the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019; (e) a fee, charge or other amount payable in relation to the inspection or examination of a vehicle;

(f) a fee, charge or other amount payable in relation to the authorisation or renewal of the authorisation of an authorised examiner; (g) a fee, charge or other amount payable in relation to the approval or renewal of the approval of premises for the inspection or testing of vehicles; (h) a fee, charge or other amount payable in relation to the issue of trader’s plates; (i) a fee, charge or other amount paid in relation to the issue or transfer of a taxi licence, rideshare vehicle licence or hire car licence under the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001. (2) If a person pays all or part of an amount to which this section applies by cheque and the cheque is not met on presentation, or by credit card and the credit card transaction is not honoured, the road transport authority must give a written dishonour notice to the person. (3) The dishonour notice must— (a) contain a statement to the effect that the cheque was not met on presentation or the credit card transaction was not honoured; and (b) indicate the consequences under section 17 if the amount of the cheque or credit card transaction is not paid to the road transport authority within 14 days after the dishonour notice is given to the person.