Road Traffic (Licensing) Amendment Regulations 1991 (WA)

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ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974

ROAD TRAFFIC (LICENSING) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1991

For amendments to 10 September 1991 see pp. 353-4 of 1990 Index to Legislation of Western Australia.)

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Licensing)

Amendment Regulations 1991.

Commencement

2. These regulations shall come into operation on 1 October 1991.

Principal regulations

3. In these regulations the Road Traffic (Licensing) Regulations 1975* are

referred to as the principal regulations.

[* Reprinted in the Gazette of 28 August 1984 at pp. 2263-82.

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Regulation 3A amended

4.   Regulation 3A of the principal regulations is amended —

(a) by repealing subregulation (1) and substituting the following

subregulations —

CS

(1) The Board may authorize —

(a) persons to examine and test vehicles;

(b) persons to establish premises as inspection stations for the purpose of examining and testing vehicles,

and may cancel any such authorization.

(la) The following fees shall be paid by the applicant in relation to an inspection station, authorized under subregulation (1) —

(a)	upon establishing premises as an authorized inspection station	$120;
(b)	renewal fee
(per annum)	$50.

and

(b)	in subregulation (2) (c) by deleting "premises" and substituting the following —
CC 1,

authorized inspection station

Regulation 3B amended

5.   Regulation 3B of the principal regulations is amended —

(a)	in subregulation (1) —
(i) in paragraph (a) by deleting 142.00" and substituting the following —

CS )1;

$56.00

(ii)in paragraph (b) by deleting 119.00" and substituting the

following -

it

$24.00 "; and

(iii) in paragraph (c) by deleting 125.00" and substituting the

following —

" $36.00 ";

(b) in subregulation (2) by inserting after "subregulation (1)" the
following —

CS

or (2a)

and

(o) by repealing subregulations (2a) and (2b) and substituting the
following subregulation —

CC

(2a) Where a vehicle to which subregulation (1) applies, other than an earthmoving or agricultural implement —

(a) is being examined for the purpose of being licensed for the first time in this State;

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(h)

is required, under the Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Regulations 1977, to be fitted with a compliance plate and is not fitted with a compliance plate;

(c)

is a vehicle which has been imported into Australia under the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989, of the Commonwealth, which relate to —

(i)	personally imported vehicles;
(ii)	trial and evaluation vehicles; or

(iii) special purpose vehicles, such as

rally cars, racing cars, demonstration vehicles and vintage cars,

except when the vehicle is subject to a temporary permit which requires the re- export of that vehicle after a specified period, not exceeding 24 months;

and

(d) is a vehicle which is not currently registered in another Australian State or Territory,

the following fees shall be paid by the owner of that

vehicle for examination of the vehicle —

(e) for a vehicle which is

a motor carrier, a trailer

with a manufacturer's gross

vehicle mass of less than

4.5 tonnes, or a motor

cycle or moped $50;
(f)	for any other vehicle $100.

Regulation 3C amended

6.   Regulation 3C of the principal regulations is amended —

(a)	by inserting after the regulation designation "3C." the subregulation designation "(1)"; and
(b)	by inserting the following subregulation

(2) Where the examination and testing of a

vehicle is undertaken —

(a)	by a person other than a person authorized to issue a certificate under subregulation (1); or
(h)	by an authorized vehicle examiner at a place which is not an authorized inspection station, or such other place as the Board approves,

a valid certificate cannot be issued.

Regulation 5A amended

7.   Regulation 5A of the principal regulations is amended —

(a) in subregulation (2) by deleting "communicated orally or, upon
request," and substituting the following —

t(

investigated by the Board and "; and

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(b) in subregulation (3) by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting
the following paragraph —

CC

(a) search fees —

(i) for searching records

manually 50 cents per vehicle;

(ii)where a list of vehicles

to be searched is supplied to the Board on magnetic tape enabling a computer

search 20 cents per vehicle;

Regulation 11 amended

8.  Regulation 11 of the principal regulations is amended in subregulation

(7) —

(a) by deleting "subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subregulation (6) of this regulation means —" and substituting the following —

CC

subregulation (6) (b) (i) means $20 or —

and

(b) in paragraph (c) by deleting "capacity." and substituting the following —

CC

capacity,

whichever is the greater amount.

Regulation 30 amended

9.  Regulation 30 of the principal regulations is amended in subregulation

(3) by deleting "$3.00" and substituting the following —

" $6.00

By His Excellency's Command, L. M. AULD, Clerk of the Council.