The newly appointed chief of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) has recalled two directives issued by his predecessor, including the prohibition on the use of improvised and temporary license plates.
LTO Chairman Markus Lacanilao said the agency needed to review the policy before enforcing the ban, which imposes a fine of P5,000 on motorists without official plates.
The ban was supposed to take effect on Nov. 1.
Motorists should not be fined if their license plates had not yet been issued due to reasons beyond their control, Lacanilao said.
‘Maybe the problem lies with the car dealers or the LTO,’ Lacanilao said.
He said motorists without license plates would still be flagged if their vehicles lack proper authorization from the LTO.
The LTO also suspended the policy that was supposed to take effect tomorrow, which would require car dealers to release license plates and the Official Receipt/Certificate of Registration on the same day that new vehicles are turned over to the owners.
Both directives were implemented by former LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II, who was appointed head of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.