New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (HEAVY VEHICLES REGISTRATION CHARGES) ACT 1995 - SECT 20

20 Changes in owners or to vehicles must be notified to Authority

(1) A person in whose name a vehicle is registered must notify the Authority of any change during the currency of the registration in the construction, equipment, configuration, use or ownership of the vehicle of such a nature that charges or additional charges would be payable if the registration was renewed when the change occurred.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

(2) The person or, if the change is in ownership, the new owner must pay to the Authority the appropriate amount of charges or additional charges forthwith or within the period specified by the Authority.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units (in the case of an individual) or 100 penalty units (in the case of a corporation).

(2A) A person who is required by subsection (1) to notify the Authority of any change in the construction, equipment, configuration, use or ownership of a vehicle must not authorise or permit the use of the vehicle on a road or road related area until the Authority has been so notified.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

(3) In addition to imposing a penalty for an offence under this section, the court concerned may order the offender to pay to the Authority within a specified period any amount which, from the evidence given during the proceedings, the court is satisfied the offender should have paid to the Authority as charges or administration fees or additional charges or fees.