Conditions to be satisfied before licence issued

(1) A transport officer shall not issue a motor vehicle or trailer licence until the motor vehicle or trailer licence has been duly registered, or renew a motor vehicle or trailer licence unless he is satisfied that the motor vehicle or trailer does not differ in any respect from the particulars in the records and that the provisions of this Act and the regulations have been complied with. (2) The decision of the Department as regards the class or type to which any vehicle conforms or under which it should be registered and as regards the licence that may be issued in respect of any such vehicle shall be conclusive. (3) The Department may, in its discretion, grant permission to enable a vehicle licensed as a goods vehicle to be used as a private motor car for the conveyance of passengers without hire or reward. The permission shall be in writing and may be either general or for a specific occasion and subject to such conditions as the Department may think fit and may be cancelled at any time. (4) Any person to whom permission has been granted under sub-section (3), who fails to observe any of the conditions specified in such written permission commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.