Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MOTOR TRAFFIC ACT 1936 (REPEALED) - SECT 20

(1)     Where a number-plate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, the owner of the motor vehicle or trailer to which it was affixed shall, within 7 days after the loss, theft or destruction, forward to the Registrar a statutory declaration of the loss, theft or destruction.

(2)     The Registrar shall, if the motor vehicle or trailer has not also been lost, stolen or destroyed, and if the Registrar has no reason to believe that improper use has been or is being made of the number-plate, and on payment by the owner to the Territory of the determined fee, issue to the owner—

        (a)     in respect of a motor vehicle other than a motor cycle—2 other number-plates; or

        (b)     in respect of a motor cycle or trailer—another number-plate.

(3)     Upon the receipt of another number-plate or other number-plates issued under subsection (2) in respect of a vehicle, the owner of the vehicle shall return to the Registrar any number-plate previously issued in respect of the vehicle and which has not been lost, stolen or destroyed.