Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) A person must not drive a vehicle or permit a vehicle to be driven that is required to be registered under the Motor Vehicles Act :
(a) if it does not have attached or affixed to it a registration label or number plate as required under that Act; or
(b) if it carries a label or plate otherwise than in compliance with that Act.
(2) A person must not drive a vehicle or permit a vehicle to be driven that has attached or affixed to it a registration label or number plate that:
(a) has been altered or defaced or on which any writing, mark or colour is not clearly legible or visible;
(b) was issued in respect of another vehicle or in respect of a registration period that has expired; or
(c) contains an incorrect particular.
(3) A person must not:
(a) unlawfully print, manufacture or be in possession of a label or plate that resembles a registration label or number plate and that is calculated or likely to deceive;
(b) alter or deface a registration label or number plate other than as required or permitted by another law of the Territory; or
(c) buy or sell a label or plate that resembles a registration label or number plate and that is calculated or likely to deceive.