3. Appointment and duties of Registrar of Vehicles
(1) There shall be a Registrar of Vehicles whose office shall be a public office and shall form part of the Public Service.
(2) The Registrar shall exercise such powers and perform such functions and duties as are conferred or imposed upon him by this Act and shall keep such records as are prescribed.
4. Designation and duties of registering officers
(1) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, designate registering officers for the purposes of this Act other than for the purpose of registering new, imported or rebuilt vehicles, and shall, when so designating, specify the area for which such registering officers are designated:
Provided that in respect of any area for which a registering officer has not been designated, any registering officer designated under this Act shall be deemed to be the registering officer for such area.
[subsection amended by section 60 of Act 18 of 2000]
(2) A registering officer shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as are conferred or imposed upon him by this Act and shall conform to the directions of the Registrar.
(3) The Director of Customs and Excise shall be the registering officer for every vehicle which is to be registered for the first time in Zimbabwe, that is, for every new, imported or rebuilt vehicle.
[subsection inserted by section 60 of Act 18 of 2000]
5. Assignment of registration marks and numbers
(1) Registration marks and numbers shall be assigned by the Registrar to registering officers for allocation to vehicles to be registered in terms of this Act.
(2) The same combination of registration marks and numbers shall not be allocated to more than one registered vehicle.