| (1) | If a motor vehicle is impounded by the South African Police Service, the owner of such motor vehicle shall— |
| (a) | notify the title holder forthwith of the impoundment; |
| (b) | within three months after the date on which such motor vehicle has been impounded, notify the appropriate registering authority thereof on form CNV or MVR1A as shown in Schedule 2; and |
| (c) | submit a receipt issued by the South African Police Service which indicates that the said motor vehicle was impounded and the period for which the vehicle is impounded, to the registering authority. |
| (2) | Upon receipt of the notification and receipt referred to in subregulation (1), the registering authority shall— |
| (a) | ensure that the notification is in order; |
| (b) | update the particulars pertaining to the motor vehicle in the register of motor vehicles; and |
| (c) | issue an acknowledgment of receipt of the notification on form ARN as shown in Schedule 2, to the owner. |
| (3) | Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in these regulations, if a registering authority has in terms of subregulation (2)(c) acknowledged receipt of the notice referred to in subregulation (1)(b), the owner of the motor vehicle concerned is exempt from liability for the licensing of such motor vehicle with effect from the first day of the month following the month in which such acknowledgment was issued, until the first day of the month following the month in which the vehicle was released by the South African Police Service: Provided that a period during which the owner of such motor vehicle was unable to notify the appropriate registering authority due to circumstances beyond his or her control, shall be disregarded. |
[Regulation 55A inserted by regulation 19 of Notice No. 2116 of 2001]
