Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Auxiliary Number-Plates) Regulation 2015 (NSW)
New South Wales
Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Auxiliary Number-plates) Regulation 2015
under the
Road Transport Act 2013
His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following
Regulation under the Road Transport Act 2013.
DUNCAN GAY, MLC
Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight
Explanatory note
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| Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Auxiliary Number-plates) Regulation 2015 | |
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| Road Transport Act 2013 |
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment (Auxiliary
Number-plates) Regulation 2015.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 1 December 2015 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.
| Schedule 1 | Amendment of Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2007 |
[1] Clause 21 Auxiliary number-plates
Omit clause 21 (1). Insert instead:
(1) The Authority may, on the payment of any applicable fee, issue a number-plate (referred to in this Regulation as an auxiliary number-plate) for a motor vehicle in addition to the vehicle number-plates.
[2] Clause 21 (2)
Omit “registrable vehicle on which it is to be used”. Insert instead “motor vehicle for which it is issued”.
[3] Clause 21 (3)
Omit “use on”.
[4] Clause 21 (5) and (6)
Omit the subclauses.
[5] Clause 21A
Insert after clause 21:
21A Display of auxiliary number-plates
(1) An auxiliary number-plate must not be displayed unless the rear number-plate
of the motor vehicle for which it is issued is obscured by:
(a)
an apparatus attached to the motor vehicle for use in transporting a bicycle, personal mobility device or motor bike, or
(b)
a trailer or caravan being towed by the motor vehicle, but only if the number-plate of the trailer or caravan is obstructed by an apparatus attached to the trailer or caravan for use in transporting a bicycle or personal mobility device, or
(c)
an implement, a vehicle exempted from registration or an unregistered registrable vehicle being towed by the motor vehicle, or
(d)
a trailer being towed by the motor vehicle for the conveyance of a boat, but only if the number-plate of the trailer is obscured by the boat.
(2)
A vehicle displaying an auxiliary number-plate between the hours of sunset and sunrise must be fitted with a light for the auxiliary number-plate that complies, as far as is practicable, with clause 99 of Schedule 2 as if the auxiliary number-plate were a number-plate on the rear of the vehicle.
(3) If an auxiliary number-plate is displayed in contravention of subclause (1) or
does not have a light fitted in accordance with subclause (2):
(a) the driver, and (b)
the registered operator (other than the driver) of the motor vehicle, but only if it is proved that the operator caused, permitted, allowed or failed to take reasonable precautions to prevent the contravention,
are each guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
[6] Schedule 2 Vehicle standards
Omit clause 61 (2) (c) from Schedule 2. Insert instead:
(c) the numbers on the number-plate are clearly visible from any point that is:
(i) up to 20 metres from the number-plate, and (ii) within an arc of 45 degrees from the surface of the number-plate above or to either side of the vehicle, as shown in figures 1 and 2 of diagram 1 (in relation to heavy vehicles) and figures 1 and 2 of diagram 2 (in relation to light vehicles), and
[7] Schedule 2, clause 61
Insert after clause 61 (4):
(5)
Subclause (2) (a) and (b) do not apply to the rear vehicle number-plate of a motor vehicle if an auxiliary number-plate issued for the motor vehicle is displayed, in accordance with this Regulation, at the rear of the vehicle in a manner that complies (as far as is practicable) with subclause (2) (a) and (b).
Note. Clause 21A (1) of this Regulation sets out the circumstances in which an auxiliary number-plate may be displayed.
| Schedule 2 | Amendment of Road Transport (General) Regulation 2013 |
Schedule 5 Penalty notice offences
Insert “Clause 21A (3);” before “Clause 22 (5)” in Column 1 of the matter relating to the
Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2007.
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