31Duration of registration

31 Duration of registration (1) A registrable vehicle may be registered— (a) for a vehicle other than a seasonal vehicle—for 1 year; or (b) for a seasonal vehicle—for 9 months; or (c) for any vehicle—for 3 or 6 months. Note Seasonal vehicle is defined in the dict. (2) An applicant for registration of a registrable vehicle must nominate a period mentioned in subsection (1) that relates to the vehicle. (3) However, an applicant may nominate, and the road transport authority may approve, a different period of registration for a vehicle. The authority may approve a different period of registration to achieve a common registration expiry day for vehicles in a fleet. (4) The road transport authority may declare a kind of vehicle to be a seasonal vehicle. Examples of kinds of vehicles that may be declared to be seasonal vehicles 1 vehicles used in primary production 2 heavy vehicles (5) A declaration under subsection (4) is a disallowable instrument.