New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RECREATION VEHICLES ACT 1983 - SECT 18

18 Registration

(1) Except as provided by subsection (2), the Roads and Traffic Authority shall register a motor vehicle the subject of an application made in accordance with section 17.

(2) The Roads and Traffic Authority shall not register a motor vehicle unless the Roads and Traffic Authority is satisfied that:

(a) the applicant for registration of the motor vehicle is not a child,

(b) the motor vehicle is an insured motor vehicle within the meaning of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 , and

(c) the motor vehicle is in registrable condition.

(3) For the purpose of enabling the Roads and Traffic Authority to ascertain whether or not a motor vehicle is in registrable condition, the applicant for registration of the motor vehicle shall:

(a) furnish to the Roads and Traffic Authority such information (in addition to such information as is required by section 17 (2) to accompany the application for registration of the motor vehicle) as the Roads and Traffic Authority may reasonably require in relation to the condition of the motor vehicle, and

(b) permit the motor vehicle to be inspected and tested by such person or persons as the Roads and Traffic Authority may determine.

(4) Where the Roads and Traffic Authority refuses to register a motor vehicle, the Roads and Traffic Authority shall, as soon as practicable after so refusing, cause notice of the refusal, and of the grounds therefor, to be served on the applicant for registration of the motor vehicle.