Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Road Safety (Vehicles) Regulations 1999 - SECT 227

Renewal of registration

227. Renewal of registration



(1) A registered operator may apply for renewal of the registration of a
vehicle by submitting to the Corporation-

   (a)  an application for renewal of registration in the form approved by the
        Corporation; and

   (b)  payment of the appropriate registration fee and administrative fee (if
        any) for renewal of registration for the relevant period; and

   (c)  in the case of a motor vehicle, evidence sufficient to satisfy the
        Corporation that any appropriate transport accident charge has been
        paid for the vehicle for the period for which renewal of registration
        is sought.

(1A) An applicant for renewal of registration of a vehicle referred to in-

   (a)  clause (4) of Schedule 4; or



   (b)  item 13, item 13A, item 13B or item 14 of the Table in Schedule 4-

may nominate a period of 6 months as the period of renewed registration for
that vehicle. Note Regulation 236(2) provides for a pro rata fee in respect of
renewal of registration for a period other than 12 months.

(1B) Subregulation (1A) applies even if the fee for renewal of registration of
the relevant vehicle is nil.



(2) An applicant for renewal of registration of a heavy vehicle may nominate-

   (a)  a period of renewed registration as specified in regulation 219(1); or

   (b)  part-year registration by specifying a period of not less than 3
        months or more than 9 months to start-

   (i)  not more than 12 months after the expiry date of the prior part-year
        registration; or

   (ii) on the date specified by the registered operator in the application
        for renewal of registration, being a date not less than one month
        after the expiry date of the previous part-year registration.

(3) The registration of a vehicle may be renewed-

   (a)  not more than 3 months after the expiry of registration of the
        vehicle; or

   (b)  in the case of a vehicle nominated under subregulation (2)(b)-not more
        than 12 months after the expiry of registration of the vehicle.

(4) The expiry date of a renewed period of registration must be calculated as
if the renewal had commenced-

   (a)  on the day after the day recorded in the register as the expiry date
        of the period of registration; or

   (b)  in the case of a vehicle nominated under subregulation (2)(b)-on the
        first day of the nominated period.

(5) Subregulations (3) and (4) do not have the effect of retrospectively
registering a vehicle.

(6) Subject to subregulation (7), the Corporation must renew the registration
of a vehicle.

(7) The Corporation may refuse to renew the registration of a vehicle if the
circumstances are such that if an initial application for registration of the
vehicle were being made the Corporation would refuse the application.

(8) If the Corporation refuses to renew the registration of a vehicle under
subregulation (7), it must inform the applicant for renewal in writing of the
applicant's rights under Division 9 to an internal and external review of the
refusal.

(9) If-

   (a)  the period during which the registration of a vehicle may be renewed
        has expired; and

   (b)  the registration of the vehicle has not been renewed; and









   (c)  the Corporation requests by written notice the registered operator of
        the vehicle to return the number plates of the vehicle-

the operator must return the number plates to the Corporation within 14 days
after the date specified in the notice. Penalty: 2 penalty units.

Division 6-Transfer of registration