Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CONTROL OF VEHICLES (OFF-ROAD AREAS) ACT 1978 - SECT 31

31 .         Registration obtained by means of dishonoured cheque void

        (1)         Where the fees for the issue or renewal of a certificate of registration are paid by a cheque which is not honoured by the financial institution on which it is drawn, the registration is void as from the time of issue or renewal as the case may be.

        (2)         The person to whom a certificate of registration is issued in the circumstances referred to in subsection (1) shall, on demand made by or on behalf of the Director General forthwith deliver the certificate of registration and the number plate relating to that registration to the Director General.

        (3)         A person to whom a certificate of registration is so issued shall not, after demand so made, —

            (a)         fail so to deliver the certificate of registration or the number plate; or

            (b)         use or continue to use, or allow any other person the use of, the certificate of registration or the number plate relating to that registration.

        Penalty: For a first offence a fine not exceeding $40; for any subsequent offence, a fine not exceeding $100.

        [Section 31 amended by No. 106 of 1981 s. 34; No. 76 of 1996 s. 27; No. 24 of 2000 s. 48.]