New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (VEHICLE REGISTRATION) REGULATION 2007 - REG 22A

22A Authority may alter number-plate design

(1) The Authority may at any time alter the design of a number-plate issued by the Authority. The "design" of a number-plate includes the colour, layout, style and other characteristics of the appearance of a number-plate.

(2) The Authority may give written notice to each registered operator of a vehicle requiring the registered operator to return to the Authority, within the period specified in the notice, any number-plate issued in respect of the vehicle that the Authority has decided to alter the design of.

(3) A registered operator of a vehicle must comply with any notice given to the registered operator under this clause.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(4) The Authority alters the design of a number-plate by issuing a replacement number-plate with the altered design.

(5) In this clause, "issue" a number-plate includes allocate, set aside and reserve a number-plate.