The date of periodic inspection is shown on the vehicle registration. So a vehicle owner should pay attention to this matter and conduct the inspection with relevant documentary proofs within one month before or after the assigned date.

A private vehicle owner should bring the vehicle registration and motori nsurance certificate (the period of valid insurance must be over 30 days) . A commercial vehicle owner should bring the new license plate registration form.

According to Article 75 of “Highway Act,” a car owner who fails to pay for fuel fee within the collection period cannot proceed with any vehicle change or inspection.

The revision of the new regulations about a new inspection time limit is to directly aim at private small passenger vehicle vans, private small wagons, and private small trucks' conversion into vehicles of a specific purpose for the handicapped. Therefore, private small trucks, general vehicles of some special purposes, large vehicles, or commercial vehicles are excluded from the new system. So you need to follow the original vehicle inspection date.

A. Private small passenger vehicles, private small wagons, and vehicles having a specific purpose for the handicapped:

•  Within five years: no need for inspection

•  Between five and ten years: once every year

•  Over ten years: twice every year

B. Private small trucks, commercial small passenger vehicles, and other vehicles:

•  Between one and five years: once every year

•  Over five years: twice every year

You can conduct an inspection in an authorized company (factory) first and then go to a motor vehicles supervision authority to proceed renewal of your vehicle registration. You can also proceed a periodic inspection of your vehicle and renewal of your vehicle registration at the same time at motor vehicles supervision authorities. If your vehicle license tax, fuel fee, and fines for disobeying the regulations are already paid for your vehicle with the registration place in Kaohsiung City, you can go to an assigned inspection company (factory) for renewal of expired vehicle registration and inspection.

Since January 29, 2003, a nationwide inter-region network operation about change matters has been made.

Inter-region operation for all change matters can be proceeded with, except the following matters:

•  Applying for new license plates for commercial vehicles (including rental ones), private large passenger vehicles (wagons) and trailers.

•  Changes in registration for commercial vehicles (including rental ones), private large passenger vehicles (wagons) and trailers.

•  Applying for new license plates for vehicles of official affairs usage.

•  Vehicles without renewal of license plates

•  Registration for setting-up of chattel secured transaction, extension of a time limit, change, and cancellation. Applying for a new license plate for sealed-up and prohibited vehicles.

•  Applying for a construction plan, establishment and any change matter of authorized inspection company (factory).

•  Registration for transfer of vehicles handed for or sold at auction by the court.

•  Cancellation of registration and renewal of registration for vehicles ineligible to transfer.

•  An offshore-island tax-free vehicle inspection (except those who voluntarily cancel tax-free, fill in an Application Form for Surrendering Tax Free, and submit vehicle license tax.).

An inspection of a commercial vehicle (including a rental one) and a private large passenger vehicle (wagon) before a vehicle registration is proceeded, and any change for these vehicles (mentioned in Points 1 & 2) can be done via an inter-region procedure.

If the periodic inspection dates are January 28 to 31, the final date for avoiding an overdue fine will be February 28. If February 28 is a holiday, the final date for avoiding an overdue fine is March 1.

The new regulations about an inspection time limit were put into practice on September 15, 2000. The date of being discovered to disobey against the regulations comes before the effective date of the new system implementation. The situation such an incident can easily occur. If it indeed happens, we'd like to apologize for your inconvenience. Kaohsiung Office of Traffic Adjudication will actively cancel the above discovered cases, so the general public does not need to propose any application procedure to our Department. If you are eager to proceed change matters of your vehicle, please make an inquiry to our Department by telephone and also tell us your vehicle registration number. Our Department will investigate the case and immediately fax the information to Kaohsiung Office of Traffic Adjudication to cancel the case.

Because of the revision of the regulations concerning an inspection time limit, coordination between a manufacturing year and the issue date of vehicle license should be made. In a case of a vehicle of six to ten years (according to the vehicle's manufacturing year), if an issued date is before July and an inspection on the vehicle has been made, an inspection date can be automatically changed into an issue date of next year. On the other hand, if an issue date is after July and an inspection on the vehicle has been made in early of this year, the vehicle owner still needs to proceed an inspection procedure on the periodic inspection date. After the inspection is completed, a second-generation computer will automatically change into an issue date of next year for the vehicle of less than ten years old.

A provisional inspection notified by our Department should be done in our Department, not in an authorized inspection company (factory).

When a provisional inspection on vehicle takes place, please bring the vehicle registration, new license plate registration form, motor i nsurance certificate (the period of valid insurance must be over 30 days) and a notification or a provisional inspection with you. If the notification for a provisional inspection describes a detail of disobeying the regulations, you only need to proceed with inspections on violated matt ers. If there is no special description, the matters of the inspection are the same as those of a periodic inspection.

It costs nothing to take a provisional inspection. But, if you take a periodic inspection and change inspection while taking a provisional inspection, you will need to pay an inspection fee.

Article 17 of Act Governing the Punishment of Violation of Road Traffic Regulations states: “If a vehicle does not receive a periodic inspection or a provisional inspection within the specific time, its ow ner should pay a fine of over NT$ 900 and less than NT$ 1,800 . Over one month later, his or her license plates should be under suspension. Until an inspection is made and passed, the license plates can be returned. If the inspection has not been made for over six months, the license plates will be cancelled.”

Yes.

Paragraph 2 of Article 16 of “Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance Act”states“If a vehicle owner does not take out this insurance policy or its period of valid insurance is less than 30 days a highways supervision authority will neither issue license plates or temporary access permit, nor reissue vehicle registration and allow transfer, change matters, or inspections.”

Paragraph 3 of Article 18 of “Enforcement Rules for Payment of Fines or Violating Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance Act”states:“If a car owner disobeys Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance Act and does not pay fine, he or she should pay off fines first when proceeding with various registration, renewal of license plates or driving license, and automobile inspection in a highways supervision authority.”

If a payment receipt of compulsory automobile liability insurance is checked and no fabrication occurs, it can replace the motor insurance certificate.