Government Services
April 30, 2008
Vehicle Registration Fee Reduction
Results in Significant Savings to Consumers
As announced in Budget 2008, the Williams Government
has reduced the vehicle registration fee from $180 to $140. This
reduction is applicable for passenger vehicles, light trucks and vans
and will result in $10 million in savings to the driving public. The
reduction is also applicable to taxi registrations which have been
reduced from $150 to $140.
"The province�s improved economic standing has placed
us in a position where we are able to make this important reduction
which affects over 240,000 vehicle owners," said the Honourable Kevin
O�Brien, Minister of Government Services. "The cost of vehicle
registrations is an initiative which we committed to reduce in our
Blueprint and I am proud that this will now take effect as of May 1."
Anyone who has already paid for registration renewals
that begin in May will automatically have a $40 refund sent to them
within four weeks. There will be no need to contact the Motor
Registration Division to arrange for a refund. No refunds will be
issued for registration renewals that have already
been processed prior to May 1, with the exception of the May renewals
already processed.
In addition, the Provincial Government will continue
the 10 per cent online vehicle registration discount. This means that a
$140 annual vehicle registration paid online will cost $126. This
initiative, which was first introduced in Budget 2007, is expected to
result in an additional $800,000 in savings for vehicle owners.
"In the first year of offering this discount,
customers showed their overwhelming support for online renewals," said
Minister O�Brien. "There was a 100 per cent increase over the 2006-07
fiscal year, which exceeded all projections. As a result, payments at
banks and over the counter at motor registration locations around the
province have been reduced by approximately six per cent each, allowing
for improved customer service."
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Media contact:
Vanessa Colman-Sadd
Director of Communications
Department of Government Services
709-729-4860, 682-6593
vanessacolmansadd@gov.nl.ca
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