Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Director
General may, on payment of the prescribed fee, grant to a person a permit
authorising, subject to such conditions as the Director General may impose,
the driving of an unlicensed vehicle or the towing of an unlicensed
vehicle —
(a) to
or from any place at which the Director General grants vehicle licences or
examines vehicles in connection with the granting of vehicle licences or to or
from any place at which the vehicle is to be or has been repaired; or
(b) for
such other purposes as may be prescribed or approved by the Director General.
(2) The Director
General may, on payment of the prescribed fee, assign and issue to a person of
a prescribed class number plates which may be used, subject to such conditions
as may be prescribed, on any unlicensed motor vehicle.
(2a) Without limiting
any power conferred upon him to make regulations under this Act, the Governor
may make regulations prescribing —
(a) a
fee to be paid from time to time for the use and possession of number plates
issued under subsection (2);
(b) a
deposit to be paid on the issue of, and in respect of, such number plates, and
the circumstances in which that deposit shall be forfeited or refunded; and
(c) as a
condition referred to in subsection (2) and subsection (3)(b), the
use of an unlicensed motor vehicle in such circumstances or for such purposes
as the Director General may, in any particular case, approve.
(3) Where an
unlicensed motor vehicle is used on a road —
(a)
under the authority of a permit granted under subsection (1) and in
accordance with such conditions, if any, as may have been imposed at the time
of the grant of the permit; or
(b) with
number plates issued pursuant to subsection (2) and in accordance with
such conditions as may be prescribed relating to the use of those plates and
of vehicles to which they may be attached,
the use of the vehicle
shall be lawful notwithstanding any provision of section 15 to the
contrary.
(4) Where an
unlicensed motor vehicle for which a permit has been granted under
subsection (1) is driven or towed otherwise than in accordance with any
condition imposed under that subsection, the Director General may cancel the
permit by notice in writing under subsection (5).
(5) A notice in
writing referred to in subsection (4) —
(a)
shall be signed by a person authorised so to do by the Director General;
(b)
shall be served on the person to whom the permit was granted; and
(c)
shall come into operation when it is so served or at such later time (if any)
as is specified in the notice.
[Section 26 amended by No. 71 of 1979
s. 4; No. 81 of 1980 s. 4; No. 105 of 1981 s. 10 and
19; No. 76 of 1996 s. 20(3); No. 28 of 2001 s. 23(1) and
(2).]
[Section 26. Modifications to be applied in order
to give effect to Cross-border Justice Act 2008: section altered 1 Nov 2009.
See endnote 1M.]