The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is informing the general public that the Licences Revenue office, Georgetown, and all its regional offices countrywide will be the only centers authorized to monitor and inspect all motor vehicles imported in ‘G’ or the goods category. The Guyana Police Force will not be duly authorized to do so, since there are revenue implications.
According to a GRA release, for several years motor vehicle owners who have been importing vehicles for the purpose of transporting goods have been installing seats in the ‘G’ licenced plated vehicles.
Importers are being advised to desist from doing so, since it is dubbed unscrupulous and a breach of the law. Such vehicles are only to be used for transporting goods.
The GRA is reminding persons that all vehicles must meet the basic requirements before they can be registered for the purpose of transporting goods. These include:
* The vehicle is required to have seats fitted at the front of the vehicles only for the driver and two porters.
*  The right and left sides of the vehicles must be completely sealed with metal and not glass
* Seats must not be fitted in the rear of vehicles
* The registration must indicate the approved number of passengers (three)
* The name and address of the registered owner and the unladen weight of the vehicles must be painted on the right side door of the vehicle while
* The applicant must have a registered business to justify the use of a goods transportation vehicle.
GRA is reminding persons that before a registration of a vehicle can be changed for the purpose of carrying goods, approval must be granted by the Commissioner General. (GINA)