MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 24A
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 24A
24A—Registrar may accept periodic renewal payments
(1) The Registrar may,
by notice in the Gazette, determine a scheme (the
"periodic payment scheme") for periodic payment, by debit to a nominated
ADI account, of—
(a)
registration renewal fees under this Act; and
(b)
other amounts payable on renewal of the registration of a motor vehicle under
this or any other Act.
(2) Without limiting
the periodic payment scheme, the terms of the scheme must set out—
(a) how
a person can apply to participate in the scheme; and
(b) how
a person can cancel the person's participation in the scheme; and
(c) when
a person's participation in the scheme may be cancelled by the Registrar; and
(d) the
period prior to the expiry of the registration of the motor vehicle before
which the debit must occur; and
(e)
details of the consequences of failing to comply with the scheme.
(3) The Registrar may,
by further notice in the Gazette, vary, substitute or revoke the
periodic payment scheme.
(4) The
periodic payment scheme may be of general or limited application (and may, to
avoid doubt, exclude specified classes of motor vehicles or registrations from
its operation).
(5) The provisions of
this Act will, by force of this subsection, be taken to be modified to the
extent necessary to give effect to the periodic payment scheme.
Note—
For example, the provisions of section 24 that provide for a minimum
registration period of 1 quarter will be taken to be modified to allow a
registration period of 1 month if the scheme provides for such a period.
(6) If a person
applies to participate in the periodic payment scheme in respect of a
specified motor vehicle, the Registrar may—
(a)
accept the person's application to participate in the scheme in respect of the
motor vehicle; and
(b)
renew the registration of the motor vehicle from time to time in accordance
with the scheme until the person's participation in the scheme in respect of
the motor vehicle is cancelled.
(7) A person's
participation in the periodic payment scheme in respect of a particular
motor vehicle is cancelled if—
(a) the
person applies to have the person's participation in the scheme cancelled; or
(b) the
registration of the motor vehicle is cancelled under this Act; or
(c) the
registration of the motor vehicle is transferred to a different person under
this Act; or
(d) the
person notifies the Registrar of the transfer of ownership of the
motor vehicle in accordance with section 56; or
(e)
the Registrar cancels the person's participation in the scheme in accordance
with the scheme.
(8) A person who is a
participant in the periodic payment scheme in respect of a particular motor
vehicle must, in accordance with the scheme, notify the Registrar of any
change in—
(a) the
person's personal particulars or circumstances that may affect an amount to be
paid in respect of the registration of the motor vehicle; or
(b) such
other information or circumstances as may be specified under the scheme for
the purposes of this subsection.
(9) A person who
refuses or fails to comply with subsection (8) is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
(10) An application
under this section or for the purposes of the periodic payment scheme must be
made in accordance with the scheme.
(11) If registration
renewal fees or other amounts payable on renewal of the registration of a
motor vehicle fee are debited to an account in accordance with the
periodic payment scheme, the Registrar may (but is not, in any circumstances,
required to) refund the whole or part of the amount so debited (including, to
avoid doubt, where the person's participation in the scheme has been cancelled
after the amount has been so debited).
(12) Without limiting
any other provision of this Act, the Registrar may give any notice under this
section, or under the periodic payment scheme, to a participant in the
periodic payment scheme by email, text message or other electronic form of
communication.
(13) For the purposes
of this section, a reference to an ADI account includes a reference to a
credit card account.