Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 24B

24B .         Change of nominated owner

        (1)         If a person is the owner of a vehicle as the result of a nomination for the purposes of section 5(4), the person may apply to the Director General, in a form approved by the Director General, to cancel the nomination.

        (2)         The application is to include a statement, signed by each person who would be an owner if there had been no nomination, to the effect that they agree to another of them being the owner of the vehicle for the purposes of this Act.

        (3)         If the Director General approves the application and the applicant pays the prescribed fee, if any —

            (a)         the current nomination ceases to have effect;

            (b)         the statement under subsection (2) is to be treated as being a nomination for the purposes of section 5(4); and

            (c)         the Director General is to vary the licence by changing the name of the person to whom the licence is granted in accordance with the application.

        [Section 24B inserted by No. 39 of 2000 s. 15; amended by No. 28 of 2001 s. 23(2).]