Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Where a number
plate or number plates issued in respect of a vehicle are lost as a result of
being stolen or any other cause, a responsible person for the vehicle shall,
forthwith, send to the Director General notice in writing of that happening
and the Director General shall, on proof, by statutory declaration of the
loss, and on production of the licence or certificate of registration, issue
another set of number plates in respect of the vehicle but where the lost
number plate is —
(a) a
special plate;
(b) a
name plate; or
(c) a
personalised plate,
the Director General
shall issue a number plate in substitution for that number plate being of the
same type or class, and bearing the same characters or numerals or both, as
the case may be, as that number plate.
(2) Where a number
plate issued in respect of a vehicle has become dilapidated or is damaged, to
such an extent as to render it illegible, a responsible person for the vehicle
shall return the plate to the Director General, together with the licence of
the vehicle, and the Director General shall where the number plate is an
ordinary number plate either issue another number plate in substitution for
the dilapidated or damaged number plate or a new set of number plates, as it
thinks fit, and where the number plate so dilapidated or damaged
is —
(a) a
special plate;
(b) a
name plate; or
(c) a
personalised plate,
the Director General
shall issue another number plate in substitution for that number plate, being
of the same type or class, and bearing the same characters or numerals or
both, as the case may be, as that number plate.
[Regulation 23 amended in Gazette
2 Feb 1982 p. 402; 24 May 1985 p. 1762;
29 Nov 1985 p. 4452; 29 May 1987 p. 2221-2;
31 Jan 1997 p. 683; 23 Dec 2005 p. 6284.]