Amendments of Motor Traffic Regulations (ACT)

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Regulations 1947. No. 5.

Regulations under the Motor Traffic Ordinance

1936-1947.*

H E E B E E T V I C T O R J O H N S O N , the Minister of State for the Interior, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the otor Traffic Ordinance 1936-1947, hereby make the following legulations.

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f ; Dated this thirteenth daj of November, 1947.

V I C T O R J O H N S O N

Minister of State for the Interior.

A M E N D M E N T S O F MOTOR T R A F F I C R E G U L A T I O N S .

1. Regulation 1 1 A of the Motor Traffic Regulations is amended—sale or transfer

of trailers.

(a) hy inserting after the word " Registrar " the words " the

number-plate issued in connexion with the registration of

the trai ler ,"; and

(b) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1.) the following

proviso:—

after the sale or disposal produces the vehicle to the with the provisions of this regulation for the transfer of the registration of the trailer to him and within seven days " Provided that, if the new owner applies in accordance

5664.—PRICE 3D.

1. Registrar for inspection, it shall not be necessary to re turn the number-plate to the Registrar.".

   2. After regulation 1 1 B of the Motor Traffic Regulations the follow-

ing regulations are inserted in P a r t	I I . : —
him of a number-plate of the type prescribed in the Fif th Schedule, on t raUer8-	" l i e . The owner of a registered trailer shall, upon the issue to Number-plates

cause it to be securely affixed to the rear of the trailer in such a manner

as to permit the number to be reflected by the rear lamp on the trailer.

" 11D.—(1 . ) Where the figures upon any number-plate become so Defaced or

defaced or damaged that the number is not easily legible, the owner of number?piates.
the trailer to which it is affixed shall, within seven days of the deface-

ment or damage, notify the Registrar.

• Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette.on 27th November, 1947.

" (2.)- The Registrar shall, upon payment by the owner to the Com- monwealth of the sum of Five shillings in respect of the defaced or damaged number-plate, issue another plate to the owner.

" (3.) Upon the receipt of another number-plate, the owner shall forthwith affix it to the trailer in the prescribed manner and shall return to the Eegistrar the number-plate originally issued.

Loss or	" H E . — (1.) Where a number-plate has been lost or destroyed, the owner of the trailer to which it was affixed shall, within seven days after the loss or destruction, forward to the Registrar a statutory declaration of the loss or destruction.
destruction of
number-plates.
" (2.) The Registrar shall, if the trailer has not also been lost or destroyed, and if he has no reason to believe that improper use has been or is being made of the number-plate, and upon payment by the owner to the Commonwealth of the sum of Five shillings, issue another! numher-plate to the owner.

" (3 . ) Upon receipt of another number-plate, the owner shall forth t

with affix it to the trailer in the prescribed manner.

Use of	" 1 1 F . Except as provided by regulation H A of these Regulations:— (a) the owner of a trailer shall not transfer or suffer to be trans- ferred, a number-plate issued for the vehicle, to another vehicle; and
number-plates
restricted.

(b) a person shall not use upon a public street a trailer having upon it a number-plate other than that which was issued for that trailer.".

The Fifth	3 . The Motor Traffic Regulations are amended by adding at the end
Schedule.	thereof the following Schedule:—

" THE FIFTH SCHEDULE.

XTJMBER-PI.ATE FOR TRAILERS.

Regulation l i e .

The type of number-plate for use on trailers shall be a metal plate enamelled orange with the letters * * rp ' and the figures of the number in black.". \ C T

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By Authori ty: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.