Part 2Part 2 Applications for registration
8 Who may apply for registration?
(1) Application for registration of a registrable vehicle may be made by:(a) a natural person who is eligible to be a registered operator of a registrable vehicle, or(b) an agent of:(i) a natural person who is eligible to be a registered operator of that vehicle, or(ii) a corporation.(2) If it appears to the Authority that an application for registration of a registrable vehicle is made by an agent, the Authority must not grant the application unless the agent produces:(a) evidence of the agent’s identity in a form acceptable to the Authority, and(b) a document evidencing the authority of the agent to act as agent of the natural person or corporation seeking registration as a registered operator.(3) If more than one natural person is seeking registration as a registered operator of the same light vehicle, any one of those persons may make an application under this clause on behalf of all the persons seeking registration if the Authority is satisfied that the person has the consent of the other persons to make the application on their behalf.(4) If more than one natural person or corporation is seeking registration as a registered operator of a light vehicle through an application made by an agent:(a) only one agent can act on behalf of all of the natural persons or corporations seeking registration, and(b) the agent must produce a document referred to in subclause (2) (b) from each of the natural persons or corporations.Note. Clause 89 makes provision for the respective rights, liabilities and obligations of multiple registered operators of the one registrable vehicle.(5) Nothing in this Regulation authorises more than one person to be recorded, or apply to be recorded, as a registered operator of a heavy vehicle.
(1) An application for registration of a registrable vehicle must be in a form approved by the Authority.(2) The Authority may require the applicant to provide to the Authority information about:(a) the identity and residential address of each natural person or corporation seeking registration (or on whose behalf an agent is seeking registration) as a registered operator of the registrable vehicle, and(b) an address for the service of notices, and(c) the proposed garage address of the vehicle, and(d) fees, premiums, imposts and similar amounts relating to the vehicle under third party insurance legislation and stamp duty legislation that have been paid or that are payable, and(e) any other matter relevant to the decision whether to register the vehicle or to record a natural person or corporation on the Register as a registered operator of the vehicle.Note. Section 4 of the Act defines residential address, in relation to a company or other body corporate, to mean its registered office or any place recorded in the Register as its residential address or business address.
The Authority may request an applicant for registration of a registrable vehicle to submit evidence, in a form approved to the Authority, verifying:(a) the identity of any person seeking registration as a registered operator of the vehicle, and(b) the means by which the vehicle came into the ownership, or under the management, of that person, and(c) the proposed garage address of the vehicle, and(d) that the vehicle complies with the applicable vehicle standards for the vehicle, and(e) the acceptability of non-standard or non-complying vehicles, and(f) any other information specified by the Authority in the application form.
11 Lodgment of application, supporting evidence and payment
(1) An applicant for registration of a registrable vehicle must submit to the Authority:(a) the application for registration, and(b) any supporting evidence required by the Authority, and(c) payment or evidence of payment of any applicable fees, premiums, imposts and similar amounts relating to the vehicle under third party insurance legislation and stamp duty legislation and the registration charge applicable to the vehicle and the applicable scheduled fee for registration of the vehicle.(2) In addition to any applicable scheduled fee for the registration of the vehicle, the applicant must also submit to the Authority payment of any applicable gazetted fee for the issue of number-plates.(3) An eligible pensioner is not required to pay any applicable scheduled fee or applicable gazetted fee for the registration of a vehicle or the issue of a number-plate.(4) An applicant is not required to pay any applicable gazetted fee if the Authority is of the opinion that:(a) the applicant was the registered operator of a registrable vehicle that was destroyed or rendered beyond repair as a consequence of damage caused to the vehicle by an occurrence that gave rise to an emergency, and(b) the vehicle to which the application relates is a replacement for the damaged vehicle, and(c) in the circumstances of the case it would be inappropriate to require payment of the fee.(5) In this clause:emergency has the same meaning as it has in the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989.
Note. “emergency” is defined in the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 to mean an emergency due to an actual or imminent occurrence (such as fire, flood, storm, earthquake, explosion, accident, epidemic or warlike action) which:(a) endangers, or threatens to endanger, the safety or health of persons in the State, or(b) destroys or damages, or threatens to destroy or damage, property in the State,being an emergency which requires a significant and co-ordinated response.
(1) Subject to subclauses (2) (b) and (3):(a) a heavy vehicle may be registered for any of the following periods:(i) 3 months, or(ii) 6 months, or(iii) one year, and(b) a light vehicle may be registered for one year.(2) An applicant for registration of a registrable vehicle must:(a) nominate an appropriate period specified in subclause (1), or(b) if seeking to register a seasonal vehicle—nominate the period for which registration is sought.(3) An applicant may nominate, and the Authority may approve, a different period of registration for any heavy vehicle or light vehicle than that referred to in subclause (1) if:(a) the Authority considers that it is necessary to do so to achieve a common registration expiry date for vehicles in a fleet, or(b) the Authority considers it appropriate to do so in the circumstances.
13 Determination of applications
(1) The Authority may refuse an application for registration of a registrable vehicle if:(a) the vehicle is not an eligible vehicle, or(b) a provision of this Regulation prevents approval of the application, or(c) the applicant has not complied with a provision of the Act or this Regulation in relation to the registration of the vehicle (including any requirement to submit or pay any fee), or(d) the Authority reasonably believes that:(i) the vehicle or a part of the vehicle is or may be stolen, or(ii) information given in the application for registration is false or misleading, or(iii) there are unpaid fines or pecuniary penalties arising out of the use of the vehicle in Australia, or(iv) the vehicle is being used for an unlawful purpose, or(e) the Authority is not satisfied that the vehicle’s garage address is in this State, or(f) the applicant fails to comply with the requirements of or under a law in force in this State relating to certificates of roadworthiness for, or inspection of, registrable vehicles, or(g) the Authority is, for any reason whatever, of the opinion that the applicant is not a fit and proper person to be the holder of the registration for the vehicle.(2) If the Authority approves an application, it must register the registrable vehicle in the name of each person seeking registration (or on whose behalf registration is sought) as a registered operator.
(1) The Authority may register a registrable vehicle conditionally if:(a) the vehicle does not comply with an applicable vehicle standard for the vehicle, or(b) the Authority considers it appropriate for some other reason to register the vehicle conditionally.(2) The Authority may refuse to register a registrable vehicle conditionally under subclause (1) (a) if the vehicle does not bear an operations plate or identification plate relating to the vehicle, or a certificate of approved operations has not been issued or accepted by the Authority in respect of the vehicle.(3) In determining the conditions to be imposed on the registration of a registrable vehicle that does not comply with an applicable vehicle standard for the vehicle, the Authority must take into account the nature and extent of any failure of the vehicle to meet the requirements of the applicable vehicle standards for the vehicle.(4) The Authority may at any time vary any conditions that it imposes on the registration of a registrable vehicle.(5) The Authority must notify a registered operator in writing of the conditions, or any variation of the conditions, applicable to the conditional registration of a registrable vehicle. Any such conditions or variation of conditions have effect only on the notification of the registered operator.