Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Registration) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 (Qld)

Queensland Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Registration) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 Subordinate Legislation 2005 No. 131 made under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 12A (Driving or towing unregistered vehicle to place for inspection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 23 (Chief executive to assign registration number and issue number plates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 24 (Position, visibility and legibility of number plate) .......................................... 2 6 Amendment of s 34 (Time for attaching registration label). . . . . . 3 7 Amendment of s 37 (Renewal of registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Amendment of s 38 (Issue of receipt and updating of records) . . 4 9 Amendment of s 48 (Cancellation of registration of vehicle or dealer plate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10 Amendment of s 63 (Permit to use intercepted unregistered vehicle on road) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 11 Amendment of s 67 (Definitions for div 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 12 Amendment of s 71 (Exemption from payment of fee) . . . . . . . . . 5 13 Amendment of sch 1 (Category 1 vehicle registration fees). . . . . 6 14 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

s1 2 s5 Transport Operations (Road Use No. 131, 2005 Management—Vehicle Registration) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Registration) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Transport Operations (Road UseManagement—Vehicle Registration) Regulation 1999. 3 Amendment of s 12A (Driving or towing unregistered vehicle to place for inspection) Section 12A(1)(c), examples, fourth dot point, ‘ a weighbridge certificate ’— omit, insert — ‘f or obtaining a measurement ticket ’. 4 Amendment of s 23 (Chief executive to assign registration number and issue number plates) Section 23(2)(a), after ‘motorbike,’— insert — ‘motorised wheelchair,’. 5 Amendment of s 24 (Position, visibility and legibility of number plate) Section 24(4)— omit, insert — ‘(4) The registered operator does not contravene subsection (1)(b) if the position for the rear number plate of the vehicle (the towing vehicle ) is obscured by another vehicle (the towed vehicle ) being towed by the towing vehicle and any of the following applies—

s6 3 s7 Transport Operations (Road Use No. 131, 2005 Management—Vehicle Registration) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 (a) the towed vehicle is registered under this regulation or a corresponding law to this regulation, and displays its rear number plate in the way required under subsection (1) or under the corresponding law; (b) the towing vehicle is a tow truck, the towed vehicle is not registered under this regulation or a corresponding law to this regulation, and the towed vehicle— (i) displays the towing vehicle’s rear number plate in a way consistent with the requirements of subsection (1); or (ii) displays an accessory plate for the towing vehicle in the way required under section 31A(5); 1 (c) the towing vehicle is not a tow truck, the towed vehicle is an exempt vehicle under section 4(a), (b) or (l) when being towed by the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle displays the towing vehicle’s rear number plate in a way consistent with the requirements of subsection (1) or under a corresponding law to this regulation.’. 6 Amendment of s 34 (Time for attaching registration label) Section 34(1)(b)(i), ‘after the registration expires’— omit, insert— ‘after the day on which the registration would have expired if it had not been renewed’. 7 Amendment of s 37 (Renewal of registration) Section 37(10), from ‘using’ to ‘available’— omit, insert— ‘using any of the ways stated in the renewal notice’. 1 Section 31A (Accessory plate for tow truck)

s8 4 s9 Transport Operations (Road Use No. 131, 2005 Management—Vehicle Registration) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 8 Amendment of s 38 (Issue of receipt and updating of records) Section 38(1) and (2)— omit, insert— ‘(1) The renewal of the registration of a vehicle is effective— (a) if the renewal involves the issue of the chief executive’s receipt for payment before the expiry of the term of registration being renewed—immediately after the expiry of that term; or (b) if the renewal does not involve the issue of the chief executive’s receipt for payment but involves transactions that are completed before the expiry of the term of registration being renewed, including on the day of the expiry—immediately after the expiry of that term; or (c) if the renewal involves the issue of the chief executive’s receipt for payment after the expiry of the term of registration being renewed—on the issue of the chief executive’s receipt for payment; or (d) if the renewal does not involve the issue of the chief executive’s receipt for payment but involves transactions that are completed after the expiry of the term of registration being renewed—on the completion of the transactions.’. 9 Amendment of s 48 (Cancellation of registration of vehicle or dealer plate) Section 48(1)— insert — ‘(f) the application for the registration of a vehicle or dealer plate was not accompanied by a document required under section 11(1) 2 in relation to a vehicle or section 52(3) 3 in relation to a dealer plate.’. 2 Section 11 (Application for registration) 3 Section 52 (Registration of dealer plate)

s 10 5 s 12 Transport Operations (Road Use No. 131, 2005 Management—Vehicle Registration) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 10 Amendment of s 63 (Permit to use intercepted unregistered vehicle on road) (1) Section 63(2)(a), ‘ Justices Act 1886 ’— omit, insert— ‘ State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 ’. (2) Section 63(3)(d)(ii), from ‘ Justices Act 188 6’— omit, insert— ‘ State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 or by taking a proceeding by complaint and summons under the Justices Act1886 .’. 11 Amendment of s 67 (Definitions for div 5) Section 67, definition eligible person — insert — ‘(f) an insolvency entity.’. 12 Amendment of s 71 (Exemption from payment of fee) (1) Section 71(1), from ‘registration fees’ to ‘following vehicles’— omit, insert— ‘following fees otherwise payable under this regulation’. (2) Section 71(1)(a)— omit, insert — ‘(a) the registration fee payable for the registration of a vehicle or dealer plate if the registered operator is an association established solely for a charitable purpose within the meaning of the Collections Act 1966 and the vehicle or dealer plate is used solely for that purpose;’. (3) Section 71(1)(b), ‘a vehicle owned by’— omit, insert —

s 13 6 s 13 Transport Operations (Road Use No. 131, 2005 Management—Vehicle Registration) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 ‘the registration fee payable for the registration of a vehicle if the registered operator is’. (4) Section 71(1)(c)— omit, insert — ‘(c) the registration fee payable for the registration of a vehicle that is a motorised wheelchair used by a person with a disability affecting the person’s mobility.’. (5) Section 71(3), ‘owner of the vehicle’— omit, insert — ‘registered operator of a vehicle or dealer plate’. (6) Section 71(4), after ‘a vehicle’— insert— ‘or dealer plate’. (7) Section 71(4)(a), after ‘vehicle’— insert— ‘or dealer plate’. (8) Section 71(5), ‘the vehicle’s registration’— omit, insert— ‘the registration of the vehicle’. (9) Section 71(5), ‘the vehicle’s current registration’— omit, insert— ‘the current registration of the vehicle’. 13 Amendment of sch 1 (Category 1 vehicle registration fees) Schedule 1, part 2, items 6 and 7, ‘Doc Base Manual’— omit, insert— ‘Transport concession policy’.

s 14 7 s 14 Transport Operations (Road Use No. 131, 2005 Management—Vehicle Registration) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2005 14 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 4, definitions Doc Base Manual and local agency — omit . (2) Schedule 4— insert— ‘ Transport concession policy means the manual of policies and procedures issued by the chief executive for administering the scheme of vehicle registration established under this regulation.’. (3) Schedule 4, definition agricultural implement , examples, ‘ harvester fronts, ’— omit . (4) Schedule 4, definition motorised invalid chair , ‘ invalid chair ’— omit, insert— ‘ wheelchair ’ . ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 23 June 2005. 2 Notified in the gazette on 24 June 2005. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Transport. © State of Queensland 2005