MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 71B

MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 71B

71B—Replacement of plates and documents

        (1)         If the Registrar is satisfied by statutory declaration or such other evidence as the Registrar may require that a number plate, trade plate or prescribed document issued in respect of a motor vehicle has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, the Registrar may, on application made in a manner and form determined by the Minister and payment of the prescribed fee, issue, or authorise the issue of, a replacement number plate, trade plate or prescribed document.

        (1a)         However, if a number plate has been seized by the Chief Recovery Officer under the Fines Enforcement and Debt Recovery Act 2017 , a person may not make application for a replacement number plate unless the application is authorised in writing by the Chief Recovery Officer.

        (2)         The person to whom a replacement plate or document is issued under subsection (1) must, if the original plate or document is found or recovered, return it to the Registrar.

Maximum penalty: $250.