ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 7 Who is a responsible person for a vehicle

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) ACT 1999 - SECT 7

7 Who is a responsible person for a vehicle

(1) In the road transport legislation, the "responsible person" for a vehicle is:

(a) in relation to a registered vehicle--each of the following persons:

(i) a registered operator of the vehicle, except where the vehicle has been disposed of by the operator,

(ii) if the vehicle has been disposed of by a previous registered operator--a person who has acquired the vehicle from the operator,

(iii) a person who has a legal right to possession of the vehicle (including any person who has the use of the vehicle under a lease or hire-purchase agreement, but not the lessor while the vehicle is being leased under any such agreement), and

(b) in relation to an unregistered vehicle to which a trader's plate is affixed--each of the following persons:

(i) the person to whom the trader's plate is issued under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Act 1997 ,

(ii) a person who has a legal right to possession of the vehicle (including any person who has the use of the vehicle under a lease or hire-purchase agreement, but not the lessor while the vehicle is being leased under any such agreement), and

(c) in relation to an unregistered vehicle to which no trader's plate is affixed--each of the following persons:

(i) a person who was last recorded as a registered operator of the vehicle,

(ii) a person who has a legal right to possession of the vehicle (including any person who has the use of the vehicle under a lease or hire-purchase agreement, but not the lessor while the vehicle is being leased under any such agreement), and

(d) any other person (or class of persons) prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) (d), the regulations may prescribe different persons for different provisions of the road transport legislation.