South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person must not
drive an unregistered motor vehicle, or cause an unregistered motor vehicle to
stand, on a road.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
(2) It is a defence to
a charge of an offence against subsection (1) to prove, in a case where
the registration of the motor vehicle was not in force by reason of suspension
and the defendant was not a registered owner or the registered operator of the
vehicle, that—
(a) a
registration label was affixed to the vehicle indicating that the vehicle was
registered; and
(b) the
defendant did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known,
that the registration of the vehicle was suspended.
(3) If an
unregistered motor vehicle is found standing on a road, the owner of the
vehicle is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.
(4) It is a defence to
a charge of an offence against subsection (1) or (3) to prove that the
motor vehicle was driven or left standing on a road in circumstances in which
this Act permits a motor vehicle without registration to be driven on a road.
(5) It is a defence to
a charge of an offence against subsection (3) to prove that, in
consequence of some unlawful act, the vehicle was not in the possession or
control of the defendant at the time it was left standing on the road.
(6) It is a defence to
a charge of an offence against subsection (3) where the defendant is the
last registered owner or last registered operator to prove that the defendant
was not the owner or the operator of the motor vehicle, as the case may be, at
the time of the alleged offence.
(7) In this
section—
"owner", in relation to a motor vehicle, includes the last registered owner
and the last registered operator of the vehicle;
"unregistered motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle without registration in
force under this Act.