STAMP DUTIES ACT 1923 - SECT 42A
STAMP DUTIES ACT 1923 - SECT 42A
(1) In this Act—
"applicant" means a person by or on whose behalf an application
to register a motor vehicle or an
application to transfer the registration of a motor vehicle is made;
"application to register a motor vehicle" means an application
to register a motor vehicle made under the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 and
includes an application so made to renew the registration of a motor vehicle;
"application to transfer the registration of a motor vehicle" means an
application to transfer the registration of a motor vehicle made under the
provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 ;
"commercial motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in the
Motor Vehicles Act 1959 ;
"dealer" means a person licensed as a dealer under the Second-hand Motor
Vehicles Act 1983 ;
"list price" means—
(a) for
a motor vehicle—the price (inclusive of GST) fixed by the manufacturer,
importer or principal distributor as the retail selling price in the State of
a motor vehicle of the relevant make and model;
(b) for
optional equipment—the additional price (inclusive of GST) so fixed if
the vehicle is to be sold with the optional equipment;
"market value", in relation to a motor vehicle, means the amount (inclusive of
GST) for which the motor vehicle might reasonably be sold, free of
encumbrances, in the open market;
"motor vehicle" and "trailer" have the same meanings as those expressions
respectively have in the Motor Vehicles Act 1959 ;
"new motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle not previously registered in this
State or elsewhere;
"optional equipment", in relation to a motor vehicle for which there is a
list price, means equipment or a feature of the vehicle that is not covered by
that list price, being—
(a) a
particular kind of transmission; or
(b)
power steering; or
(c) any
other prescribed equipment or feature;
"policy of insurance" means a policy of insurance under Part 4 of the
Motor Vehicles Act 1959 ;
"primary producer" has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicles
Act 1959 ;
"second-hand motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle previously registered in
this State or elsewhere.
(2) For the purposes
of this Act, if an applicant for registration, or transfer of registration, of
a motor vehicle makes the application by a means of electronic communication
approved by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, the electronic communication is
taken to be an instrument executed by the applicant and is chargeable with
duty as an application for registration, or transfer of registration, of a
motor vehicle (as appropriate).