Finance Act, 1976
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Vehicles to which section 70 applies. |
69.—(1) Section 70 of this Act applies to a vehicle to which a declaration under this section relates. | |
(2) The Government may by order declare that any mechanically propelled vehicle which is a vehicle to which this Part applies and is of a class or description specified in the order shall, for so long as the order remains in force, be a vehicle to which section 70 of this Act applies. | ||
(3) The Government may by order revoke or amend an order under this section (including an order under this subsection). | ||
(4) Where, on an application being made in the prescribed manner as regards, and on the prescribed particulars being furnished in respect of, a vehicle which apart from this section would be a vehicle to which section 70 of this Act applies, the relevant licensing authority is satisfied that the vehicle is permanently incapable of being used or has been broken up or destroyed or has been exported permanently, the relevant licensing authority shall amend in the prescribed manner the particulars furnished as regards the vehicle pursuant to section 5 of the Act of 1920 or pursuant to this Part, and thereupon the vehicle shall cease to be one in relation to which the said section 70 applies. | ||
(5) Where an application is made in the prescribed manner as regards, and the prescribed particulars are furnished in respect of, a vehicle which apart from this subsection would be a vehicle to which section 70 of this Act applies and the relevant licensing authority is satisfied that the vehicle has been stolen and has not been recovered and that such conditions or requirements (if any) as may be prescribed for the purposes of this subsection have been complied with, then for so long as, after the determination of the application by the authority, the vehicle continues not to be recovered, the said section 70 shall not, as respects the vehicle, apply to the person making the application. | ||
(6) An application under this section shall be determined as soon as may be by the licensing authority by which it is duly received. | ||
(7) When an order under this section is proposed to be made by the Government, a draft of the order shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the order shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House. |