Examination of vehicle

(1) On receipt of the application form properly completed and signed by the owner and the appropriate licence fee, the transport officer shall, subject to the provisions of the Act and these Regulations and to the vehicle being certified by an inspector or by a private motor mechanic approved for that purpose by the Ministry to be fit to be licensed as a vehicle of the class for which it is sought to licence, issue the appropriate (2) For the purpose of subregulation (1), the Minister may prescribe maximum fees which may be charged by motor mechanics for inspecting vehicles for licensing and may impose such other conditions as he think fit. (3) A list of motor mechanics approved by the Ministry under subregulation (1) for inspecting vehicles shall be displayed in a conspicuous place at all licensing offices of the Department together with the prescribed maximum charges and shall be open to inspection by the public. (4) Every motor mechanic approved by the Ministry under subregulation (1) shall complete and issue a certificate of 90 inspection in Schedule Q hereto in respect of every vehicle examined by him for the purpose of these Regulations. Schedule Q. (5) No person not being a motor mechanic approved by the Ministry under subregulation (1) shall certify a vehicle to be fit to be licensed. (6) No motor mechanic approved by the Ministry under subregulation (1) shall– (a) charge more than the prescribed fee for inspecting a vehicle for licensing or contravene any condition of his permit to inspect vehicles; or (b) falsely certify that a vehicle is fit to be licensed or that it complies with the Act and the Regulations, or make any entry in the certificate of the inspection of a vehicle knowing or believing it to be false in a material particular. (7) Any person who by any act or omission contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of any of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for two months or both. Schedule D. 2/1988.