Australian Capital Territory
Road Transport  (Vehicle Registration) Amendment Regulation 2007 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2007-2
made under the  
Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1999
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Overview

The Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Amendment Regulation 2007 (the amendment regulation) amends the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 1999 (the regulation).  

The amendment regulation amends section 45 of the regulation which makes it an offence for a person to drive a registrable vehicle on a road or road related area without a current registration label attached to the vehicle.

The effect of the amendment is that section 45 does not apply in circumstances where a vehicle is registered but the registration label has not been received by the registered owner of the vehicle.

Detail

Formal provisions – clauses 1, 2 and 3
Clauses 1, 2 and 3 of the amendment regulation are formal provisions:

•	setting out the name of the regulation being made;
•	providing for the commencement of the act the day after its notification; and
•	stating that the regulation amends the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 1999.

Clause 4

Clause 4 amends section 45 of the regulation.  Section 45(1)(a) makes it an offence for a person to drive a registrable vehicle on a road or road related area without a current registration label attached to the vehicle.

New section 45(3)(c) is to the effect that section 45(1)(a) does not apply where the vehicle is registered but the vehicle registration label has not been received by the registered owner of the vehicle.

This new provision is inserted to address circumstances where there is a delay between a person paying for their vehicle registration renewal and the receipt of the registration label, as a result of the time required to process the renewal and post the label.