Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulations Amendment
Subordinate Law 2001 No 7

    
    
The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulations under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999.
Dated 27 February 2001.
BRENDAN SMYTH
Minister
BILL STEFANIAK
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulations Amendment
Subordinate Law 2001 No 7
made under the
Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999
Contents
	Page
	1	Commencement	1
	2	Regulations amended	1
	3	Regulation 31 (1) and (2)	1
	4	New regulation 31 (4) and (5)	1
	5	Regulation 40 (4)	2
	6	New regulation 45A	2
	45A	Streamlined registration procedures	2
	7	New regulation 49 (3)	3
	8	New regulation 67 (3)	3
	9	Regulation 68 (2)	3
	10	Regulation 68 (4)	4
	11	New regulation 68 (10) to (13)	4
	12	New regulation 68A	5
	68A	Working out expiry of renewed registration	5
	13	Regulation 78 (2)	5
	14	Dictionary, new definition of seasonal vehicle	5

1	Commencement
These regulations commence on 1 March 2001.
Note 	Those provisions of regulations that provide for the name and commencement of the regulations automatically commence on the date of notification of the regulations (see Interpretation Act 1967, s 10B, as applied by the Subordinate Laws Act 1989, s 9).
2	Regulations amended
These regulations amend the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulations 2000.
3	Regulation 31 (1) and (2)
substitute
	(1)	A registrable vehicle may be registered—
	(a)	for a vehicle other than a seasonal vehicle—for 1 year; or
	(b)	for a seasonal vehicle—for 9 months; or
	(c)	for any vehicle—for 3 or 6 months.
Note 	See the dict for the def of seasonal vehicle.
	(2)	An applicant for registration of a registrable vehicle must nominate a period mentioned in subregulation (1) that relates to the vehicle.
4	New regulation 31 (4) and (5)
insert
	(4)	The road transport authority may, in writing, declare a kind of vehicle to be a seasonal vehicle.
Examples of kinds of vehicles that may be declared to be seasonal vehicles
1	vehicles used in primary production
2	heavy vehicles.
	(5)	A declaration under subregulation (4) is a disallowable instrument.
5	Regulation 40 (4)
omit
6	New regulation 45A
insert
45A	Streamlined registration procedures
	(1)	This regulation applies if the road transport authority—
	(a)	sends the registered operator of a registrable vehicle a registration certificate (the prospective registration certificate) and a registration label (the prospective registration label) for a future period for the vehicle; and
	(b)	invites the registered operator to renew the registration of the vehicle.
	(2)	The prospective registration certificate is not issued by the road transport authority as a registration certificate, and the prospective registration label is not issued by the road transport authority as a registration label, until the appropriate fee determined for the registration mentioned in the certificate and label has been paid.
Note 	Fees are determined under the Road Transport (General) Act 1999, s 96 (Determination of fees, charges and other amounts).
	(3)	If the prospective registration certificate has not been issued by the road transport authority as a registration certificate, a person must not use the prospective registration certificate to pretend to have registration.
Maximum penalty:  20 penalty units.
	(4)	If the prospective registration label has not been issued by the road transport authority as a registration label, a person must not attach the unissued prospective registration label to a vehicle.
Maximum penalty:  20 penalty units.
	(5)	If the road transport authority issues a registration certificate and registration label for the registration of the registrable vehicle for a period completely or partly covered by the prospective registration certificate and prospective registration label for the vehicle, the prospective registration certificate and prospective registration label cannot be issued and may be destroyed without notice to the authority under regulation 42 (Lost, stolen or destroyed registration certificates).
7	New regulation 49 (3)
insert
	(3)	This regulation does not require the road transport authority to—
	(a)	give a distinguishing registration number if the vehicle already has a distinguishing registration number; or
	(b)	issue vehicle numberplates with the vehicle’s registration number if the vehicle already has the required number of numberplates with the vehicle’s registration number.
8	New regulation 67 (3)
insert
	(3)	The road transport authority is not required to send a notice of renewal for the registration of a seasonal vehicle.
9	Regulation 68 (2)
substitute
	(2)		The registration of a registered vehicle may be renewed not later than—
	(a)	for a seasonal vehicle—1 year after its expiry; or
	(b)	for any other vehicle—3 months after its expiry.
	(2A)	However, if the registration expired before 31 March 2001, the registration may be renewed not later than 1 year after its expiry, but not so as to enable the vehicle to be retrospectively registered.
10	Regulation 68 (4)
substitute
	(4)	The registration of a registrable vehicle may be renewed—
	(a)	for a vehicle other than a seasonal vehicle—for 1 year; or
	(b)	for a seasonal vehicle—for 9 months; or
	(c)	for any vehicle—for 3 or 6 months.
Note 	The renewal of registration of a seasonal vehicle may be restricted under subregulation (11).
11	New regulation 68 (10) to (13)
insert
	(10)	The road transport authority may, in writing, declare the maximum period for which a seasonal vehicle may be registered in any 12 month period.
	(11)	The registration of a seasonal vehicle may not be renewed for a period mentioned in subregulation (4) if renewal for the period would mean the vehicle was registered for more than the maximum period.
	(12)	A declaration under subregulation (10) is a disallowable instrument.
	(13)		Subregulation (2A) and this subregulation expire on 31 March 2002.
12	New regulation 68A
insert
68A	Working out expiry of renewed registration
	(1)	The expiry of registration renewed under regulation 68 (the renewed registration) is to be worked out as if the renewed registration began—
	(a)	for a vehicle other than a seasonal vehicle—the day after the day recorded in the register as the expiry date of the registration that was renewed (the old registration); or
	(b)	for a seasonal vehicle—on renewal.
	(2)	Subregulation (1) does not have the effect of enabling a registrable vehicle to be retrospectively registered.
	(3)	This regulation does not apply to renewed registration if the old registration expires before 31 March 2001.
	(4)	Subregulation (3) and this subregulation expire on 31 March 2002.
13	Regulation 78 (2)
omit
these regulation
substitute
these regulations
14	Dictionary, new definition of seasonal vehicle
insert
seasonal vehicle means a vehicle of a kind declared to be a seasonal vehicle under regulation 31 (Duration of registration) if the vehicle is used during part of the year only.

Endnotes
Regulations amended
1	Republished as in force on 1 March 2000. (Republication No 1).  See also SL 2000 No 22.
Notification
2	Notified in Gazette 2001 No S10 on 28 February 2001.

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