New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) REGULATION 2005 - REG 15

15 Appeals against certain registration decisions

(1) Any person aggrieved by any of the following decisions of the Authority may appeal against the decision to the Local Court:

(a) a decision of the Authority to refuse to grant or renew the registration of a registrable vehicle under the vehicle registration law,

(b) a decision of the Authority to vary the conditions of the registration of a registrable vehicle under the vehicle registration law,

(c) a decision of the Authority to suspend the registration of a registrable vehicle under the vehicle registration law,

(d) a decision of the Authority to cancel the registration of a registrable vehicle under the vehicle registration law,

(e) a decision of the Authority to suspend the operation of clause 9 or 11 of Schedule 1 to the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2007 in relation to a registrable vehicle,

(f) a decision of the Authority to suspend the registration of, or to crash test, a registrable vehicle under Division 2 of Part 5.5 of the Act,

(g) a decision of the Authority not to issue an authorisation to repair under section 16E (5) of the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997 .

(2) Notice of any such appeal specifying the grounds of the appeal must be lodged with the Local Court not later than 21 days after the date on which the appellant was notified by the Authority of the decision appealed against.

(3) The relevant registrar of the Local Court must give notice of the time and place of the hearing of any such appeal to the Authority and to the appellant, and in the notice to the Authority must inform the Authority of the grounds of the appeal.

(4) The hearing of an appeal may proceed despite any omission or error in a notice under subclause (3), or the failure to give any such notice, if the Local Court is satisfied that the appellant and the Authority had knowledge of the time and place of the hearing and were not prejudiced by any such omission or error or by the failure to give any such notice.

(5) This clause does not apply to the suspension or cancellation of the registration of a vehicle, or the refusal to exercise a function, under Part 4 of the Fines Act 1996 .