Board Meeting: March 2015 / Agenda Number: 6 / File Ref: CO0008

LORD HOWE ISLAND BOARD

Business Paper

ITEM

Report on Vehicle Approvals since last meeting.

BACKGROUND

Since the last Board meeting eight applications to import or transfer motor vehicles were determined by the Chief Executive Officer under the ‘Vehicle Importation, Transfer and Use Policy’:

CURRENT POSITION

There has been an increase of two vehicles which were approved for importation on the island since the last Board meeting.

Applicant / Vehicle Type / Preferred Vehicle / Use / Variation / Comment
Bradley Palmer / Toyota Commuter / No / Commercial / 1 / Approved 17/11/2014
Golfy Sunset Bar & Grill
Karen Ireland / Suburu Forester / No / Private / 1 / Approved 17/11/2014
Subject to specific conditions
Bruce Thompson / Nissan X-Trail / No / Private / 0 / Approved 21/11/2014
Replacement vehicle
Greg Whitfield / Nissan X-Trail / No / Private / 0 / Approved 3/12/2014
Replacement vehicle
Scott Wilson / Toyota Hilux / No / Private / 0 / Approved 24/12/2014
Replacement vehicle
James Goyen / Ford Festiva / No / Private / 0 / Approved 15/01/2015
Replacement vehicle
Stephen Sia / Suzuki CAR99A / No / Private / 0 / Approved 4/02/2015
Variation 0 as vehicle already on island
Dominic Chia / Toyota Corolla / No / Private / 0 / Approved 28/01/2015
Replacement for Mitsubishi Triton.

As at March 2015

Registered Road Vehicles
Essential / Commercial / Private / Hire / Plant & Equipment / Imported Without Approval / Total
16 / 81 / 134 / 8 / 23 / 80 / 342

At the May 2010 meeting it was requested that further differentiation in the vehicle statistics to identify motor vehicles and motor cycles / scooters and trucks separately be presented. This information is presented below.

Registered Road Vehicles
Car/Utility / Bus / Motorcycle / Scooter / Truck / Plant & Equipment / Trailers / Total
160 / 31 / 54 / 8 / 26 / 63 / 342

The following table shows further differentiation in the vehicle statistics to identify the types of vehicles that have been imported without written approval.

Vehicles Imported Without Approval
Car/Utility / Bus / Motorcycle / Scooter / Truck / Plant & Equipment / Trailers / Total
17 / 2 / 15 / 1 / 3 / 42 / 80

RECOMMENDATION

Submitted for the Board’s information.

Prepared ______Bill Monks Acting Chief Executive Officer