MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 47A
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 47A
47A—Classes of number plates and agreements for allotment of numbers
(1) The Registrar may,
by notice published in the Gazette, establish different classes of number
plates and prescribe the specifications and design to which number plates of
each class must conform.
(2) The Registrar may,
in a notice under subsection (1), declare that number plates of a
particular class may not be attached to a motor vehicle except pursuant to an
agreement under subsection (4).
(3) The Registrar may,
by notice published in the Gazette, vary or revoke a notice under this
section.
(4) The Registrar may
enter into an agreement with a person providing for any of the following
matters:
(a) the
right to be allotted a particular number in respect of a vehicle registered or
to be registered in the person's name as an owner;
(b) the
right to attach number plates of a particular class to a vehicle registered or
to be registered in the person's name as an owner;
(c) the
assignment of rights conferred under the agreement;
(d) such
other matters relating to registration numbers or number plates as
the Registrar thinks fit.
(5) An agreement may
be made under subsection (4)—
(a) upon
payment to the Registrar of such fee as the Registrar may require; or
(b) by
the sale by public auction of rights of the kind referred to in that
subsection.
(6) This section does
not affect the duty of the Registrar, in the absence of any agreement under
subsection (4), to allot a number to a vehicle upon registering the
vehicle.
(7) A person must not
drive a motor vehicle on a road, being a vehicle to which a number plate or
plates of a class in respect of which a declaration has been made under
subsection (2) are attached, unless a registered owner of the vehicle
acquired the right to attach the number plate or plates to the vehicle
pursuant to an agreement under subsection (4).
Maximum penalty: $5 000.