New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (HEAVY VEHICLES REGISTRATION CHARGES) ACT 1995 - SECT 25

25 Exemption for eligible pensioners

(1) A vehicle that is owned solely by an eligible pensioner or jointly owned by 2 or more eligible pensioners only is exempt from charges if:

(a) it is not used in the course of any trade, business or profession or let out for hire, and

(b) it is used solely or principally by the pensioner or pensioners, and

(c) it is used substantially for social or domestic purposes or for pleasure, and

(d) it is a vehicle or a vehicle of a class or description of vehicles approved for the time being by the Authority.

(2) Except as provided by subsection (3), an eligible pensioner is entitled to an exemption from charges in respect of one vehicle only.

(3) An eligible pensioner is entitled to an exemption from charges in respect of 2 vehicles if the pensioner and another eligible pensioner are the joint registered owners of the vehicles and the pensioners are married to each other or in a de facto relationship with each other, or reside in the same household.

(4) In this section:
"de facto relationship" has the same meaning as in the Property (Relationships) Act 1984 .