Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The prescribed
recording fee shall be paid to the Director General for the grant or renewal
of any licence for a vehicle (other than under Part IV), irrespective of
whether the whole or any part of a vehicle licence charge is also payable for
the grant or renewal of the licence.
(2) The prescribed
transfer fee shall be paid to the Director General for effecting the transfer
of any licence for a vehicle.
(3) Subject to any
exemption, reduction, refund or deferral provided for in the regulations, the
appropriate charge prescribed in the regulations shall be paid to the Director
General for granting or renewing any licence for a vehicle.
[(4)-(16) deleted]
(17) Where a vehicle
licence has been granted by the Director General without the payment of a
vehicle licence charge, or upon the payment of a reduced vehicle licence
charge, subject to conditions specified in the licence or in this Act or
subject to the ownership or use of the vehicle, under the provisions of this
Act, and the conditions are not observed or the ownership is changed to that
of some person who would not be entitled to a licence granted, or the vehicle
is put to some use that would not occasion the licence to be granted without
payment of a vehicle licence charge or at a reduced vehicle licence charge,
then, unless, or until the vehicle licence charge, or the difference between
the vehicle licence charge and the reduced vehicle licence charge, has been
paid in respect of that vehicle licence, every person using that vehicle on a
road contravenes the provisions of section 15.
(18) Where a vehicle
licence is granted pursuant to the provisions of this Act and the fees or
charges paid in respect of the licence are subsequently found to be either in
excess of or less than the fees or charges which are properly payable in
respect of the licence, the Director General —
(a)
shall forthwith upon demand refund the amount of the excess to the person to
whom the licence was granted;
(b) may
recover the deficiency in a court of competent jurisdiction from the person to
whom the licence was granted, if that person fails to pay the deficiency to
the Director General within 7 days after the amount of the deficiency has
been demanded in writing from him.
[Section 19 amended by No. 93 of 1975
s. 5; No. 135 of 1976 s. 2; No. 89 of 1978 s. 4;
No. 9 of 1979 s. 6; No. 10 of 1979 s. 3; No. 42 of
1980 s. 3; No. 81 of 1980 s. 3; No. 105 of 1981
s. 19; No. 10 of 1982 s. 28; No. 25 of 1982 s. 12;
No. 60 of 1982 s. 3; No. 95 of 1984 s. 2; No. 78 of
1986 s. 5; No. 21 of 1995 s. 6; No. 76 of 1996
s. 20(3); No. 28 of 2001 s. 10, 23(2) and 24.]