New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (VEHICLE REGISTRATION) ACT 1997 - SECT 17

17 Definitions

(1) In this Part:
"administration fee" means a fee payable under section 17C (2).
"appropriate officer" means any person authorised by the Authority for the purposes of this Part either generally or in any particular case.
"chargeable heavy vehicle" means a vehicle that has a MRC (Mass Rating for Charging) of more than 4.5 tonnes.
"compliance plate" means a plate authorised to be placed on a vehicle, or taken to have been placed on a vehicle, under the Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 of the Commonwealth.
"configuration" of a vehicle means a description of a vehicle in the regulations for which separate provision is made in the regulations for the amount of the registration charge.
"financial year" means a year commencing on 1 July.
"MRC (Mass Rating for Charging)", in relation to a vehicle, means:

(a) the maximum mass of the vehicle (including any load, recorded on the compliance plate as the GVM, GTMR or ATM of the vehicle), or

(b) in relation to a vehicle for which there is no compliance plate-its operating mass.

Note: "GVM" means Gross Vehicle Mass, "GTMR" means Gross Trailer Mass Rating and "ATM" means Aggregate Trailer Mass.

"operating mass", in relation to a vehicle, means the maximum mass of the vehicle, including any load, as determined by the Authority having regard to the design and construction of the vehicle or of any of its components.
"owner", in relation to a vehicle, includes:

(a) every person who is the owner, joint owner or part owner of the vehicle, and

(b) any person who has the use of the vehicle under a hire-purchase or hiring agreement,

but does not include the lessor of a vehicle under a hire-purchase agreement.
"registration charge" means a charge imposed under this Part for the registration or renewal of registration of a chargeable heavy vehicle.
"road transport legislation" has the same meaning as in the Road Transport (General) Act 2005 .
"vehicle" means a motor vehicle or trailer within the meaning of the Road Transport (General) Act 2005 .

(2) Any reference in this Part to regulations made for the purposes of this Part is a reference to regulations made under this Act for or with respect to a matter that is required or permitted to be prescribed by a provision of this Part.