MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 57A

MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 57A

57A—Power of Registrar to record change of ownership of motor vehicle

If an application to transfer the registration of a motor vehicle has not been lodged with the Registrar but—

            (a)         a notice under section 56(b)(i)(B) in relation to the vehicle has been lodged with the Registrar; or

            (b)         the Registrar is satisfied on the basis of other evidence that the ownership of the vehicle has been transferred to a particular person,

the Registrar may, without registering the vehicle in the name of the transferee, record on the register the transferee as the owner of the vehicle.