Motor Traffic Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

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Regulations 1985 No. 10'

Motor Traffic Regulations (Amendment)

I, GORDON GLEN DENTON SCHOLES, the Minister of State for Territories, hereby make the following Regulations under the Motor Traffic Ordinance 1936.

Dated 14 May 1985.

G. SCHOLES

Minister of State for Territories

Alterations affecting particulars on labels

1. Regulation 21 of the Motor Traffic Regulations is amended

(a) by omitting sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following sub-regulation:

"(1) Where a new number-plate, being a plate bearing a number different to that shown on the current registration label issued in respect of the relevant vehicle, is issued, the Registrar shall issue a new registration label in respect of that vehicle to the person in whose name it is registered.";

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (3) and substituting the following sub-regulation:

(c)	by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:
"(4) Where a new registration label in respect of a vehicle has been issued under sub-regulation (1) or (3), the person in whose name the vehicle is registered shall, as soon as practicable, cause the previous
registration label issued in respect of that vehicle to be destroyed.".

"(3) Where the Registrar is satisfied that any of the particulars on the current registration label issued in respect of a vehicle are incorrect, the Registrar shall, if all applicable requirements of the Ordinance and these Regulations have been complied with in relation to that vehicle, issue a new registration label in respect of that vehicle to the person in whose name it is registered."; and

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2. Regulation 24 of the Motor Traffic Regulations is repealed and the

following regulation substituted:

Destruction of label when registration cancelled

"24. Where the registration of a vehicle is cancelled, the person in whose

name the vehicle was registered shall—

(a)

if required to do so by the Registrar by notice in writing served on the person when notice of the decision to cancel the registration was served on the person—within 3 days after the cancellation took effect or within such further period as the Registrar allows, produce to the Registrar the vehicle or the holder displaying the registration label issued in respect of the vehicle to enable the label to be destroyed; or

(b)

if a notice first referred to in paragraph (a) is not served in accordance with that paragraph—within 7 days after the cancellation took effect, cause the registration label issued in respect of the vehicle to be destroyed.".

NOTES

1.    Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 May 1985.

2.    Regulations notified in the Gazette on 22 March 1934 as amended by Regulations 1941 No. 9; 1942 No. 12; 1943 No. 8; 1947 No. 5; 1953 Nos. 6 and 14; 1955 No. 3; 1956 No. I; 1959 No. 8; 1960 No. 2; 1961 No. 1; 1963 No. 8; 1965 No. 5; 1968 No. 2; 1974 Nos. 3 and 17; 1978 No. 18; 1976 No. 3; 1977 Nos. 18 and 27; 1979 No. 26; 1981 No. 23; 1982 No. 38:1983 Nos. 6 and 9; 1984 No. 20.