Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 29

29 .         Minister may require vehicles to be inspected

        (1)         The Minister may, by notice published in the Government Gazette , prohibit the grant, renewal or transfer of any vehicle licence, in respect of a vehicle unless and until the vehicle has been examined and a certificate of inspection has been issued pursuant to this Act that the vehicle meets the prescribed standards and requirements and that the vehicle is fit for the purpose for which the licence is desired.

        (2)         The Minister may, in a notice under subsection (1), declare that the provisions of the notice —

            (a)         apply in respect of vehicles generally or in respect of vehicles of a class specified in the notice;

            (b)         apply throughout the State or in a part of the State specified in the notice;

            (c)         do not apply in a case, or cases of a class, specified in the notice.

        [Section 29 inserted by No. 71 of 1979 s. 5; amended by No. 76 of 1996 s. 6; No. 28 of 2001 s. 23(1).]