New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (VEHICLE REGISTRATION) REGULATION 2007 - REG 5

5 Registered operator of registrable vehicle

(1) A person is eligible to be a registered operator of a registrable vehicle if that person is:

(a) an individual who has attained the requisite age, or

(b) a corporation.

(2) Despite subclause (1), the Authority may record in the Register that an individual is a registered operator of a registrable vehicle even though the individual has not attained the requisite age if it is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so. Any such individual is, for the purposes of this Regulation (including renewal of registration), taken to have been eligible to be a registered operator of the vehicle.

(3) In this clause, "requisite age" means:

(a) in the case of a heavy vehicle-18 years of age, or

(b) in the case of a light vehicle-16 years of age.