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MG Car Club of South Australia
CLUB REGISTRATION NEWS From.. Geoff Goode
CLUB REGISTRATION FOR HISTORIC VEHICLES SOME CHANGES
n the new Code of Conduct for Club
Registration, the log book covers the driver’ s journey and when the HMV Federation posed the question to the Department PTI, along the lines of:“ What if another driver takes over driving during the journey?” The answer was the driver must sign the log book. Therefore, each driver must sign, two drivers: two lines, etc. Still only counts as one day of the ninety day allocation( based on the annual vehicle registration dates). Please remember, if you renew your registration during the year, you do not need to come in on an inspection day but instead, can update the details in the log book yourself. We will stamp your registration papers when you renew your subscription in January or February next year.
Regarding the date of manufacture for the vehicle being earlier than the date of first registration, the manufacture date is used to determine whether the vehicle qualifies for Historic registration. The Club’ s inspectors will use this date on the MR334 form that enables the owner of the vehicle to apply for Club Registration. So, a vehicle manufactured any time within 1988, is eligible even if registered in say, 1989 or later. The SA Service Centre staff will accept the inspector’ s integrity in applying the Code of Conduct to the all important date for the thirty year rule.
As mentioned last month, from now onwards, Historic Vehicle owners have no need to present your car for reinspection or bring in a stat dec. and we,
12 the inspectors, need to see just three things: your new membership card to show you are continuing as a financial member, your blue rego papers for us to stamp to prove you are the owner of the vehicle and finally, your log book, for updating or for cancellation and replacement. The red printed date on the front cover shows when replacement is due, still at a cost of only $ 5. From now on, it’ s now that simple!
Please note, the Club Rooms will be open for business for any late payers on Saturday March 3 for receiving subscription fees and updating or replacing log books from 10am to 12 noon.
WARNING: with your vehicle registered under the Club Registration scheme, you are not allowed to drive the vehicle if you have not paid your subscription to the Club to remain a financial member and have had your log book updated to show that this has occurred.
Further, by mid March, a list of names of those members who have not renewed their membership will be submitted to the DPTI, as is required by the Club under the Code of Practice.
Normal operations resume for the remainder of the year from March to November 2018 on the 2 nd and 4 th Saturdays of each month, finishing for the year on December 1 and 8.
Geoff Goode Registrar for the Club Registration Scheme