MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 136
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 136
136—Duty to notify change of name, address etc
(1) If a person (other
than a body corporate) who is—
(a) a
registered owner or the registered operator of a motor vehicle; or
(b) the
holder of a licence or learner's permit,
changes the person's name or the place at which the person is ordinarily
resident, the person must within 14 days of doing so give notice to the
Registrar in a prescribed manner of the new name or new place at which the
person is ordinarily resident, as the case may require.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(2) If a person (other
than a body corporate) who holds trade plates changes the person's name or
principal place of business within the State, the person must within 14 days
of doing so give notice to the Registrar in a prescribed manner of the
person's new name or new principal place of business, as the case may require.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(2a) If a body
corporate that is—
(a) a
registered owner or the registered operator of a motor vehicle; or
(b) the
holder of trade plates,
changes the principal place of business of the body corporate within the
State, the body corporate must within 14 days of doing so give notice to the
Registrar in a prescribed manner of the new principal place of business of the
body corporate.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(2b) If a
motor vehicle ceases to have the garage address registered in respect of the
vehicle, the registered operator of the vehicle must within 14 days of the
change of garage address, give notice to the Registrar in a prescribed manner
of the vehicle's new garage address.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(2c) If the person
recorded on the register of motor vehicles as the operator of a registered
motor vehicle ceases to be the operator of the vehicle and no change of the
vehicle's ownership occurs, the registered owner of the vehicle must within 14
days of the change of operator, give notice to the Registrar in a prescribed
manner of the vehicle's new operator.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(2d) If a person who
is—
(a) a
registered owner or the registered operator of a motor vehicle; or
(b) the
holder of a licence or learner's permit; or
(c) the
holder of trade plates,
changes the person's postal address, the person must, within 14 days of
the change, give notice to the Registrar in a prescribed manner of the
person's new postal address.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(3) The Registrar may
require a person giving notice of a change of name, residence, principal place
of business, postal address or garage address of a vehicle in a particular
manner to produce evidence of the change to the satisfaction of the Registrar.
(4) A requirement
under subsection (3) may be made in writing or orally.
(5) If a person fails
to comply with a requirement of the Registrar under subsection (3), the
person will, for the purposes of this section, be taken to have failed to give
notice in the manner to which the requirement relates.