Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The conditions
applying to the use of an unlicensed vehicle bearing dealers plates are
that —
(a) the
vehicle complies with the Vehicle Standards;
[(b) deleted]
(c) the
vehicle is driven by or in the presence of, the registered holder of the
plates or his servant, only;
(d) the
vehicle is not, without the special authority of the Minister, used for the
purpose of being driven from place to place, for the purpose of seeking a
purchaser, or advertising or of general demonstration;
(e) the
vehicle is not used to carry goods other than —
(i)
goods essential for the operation of the vehicle;
(ii)
goods for the comfort of the person or persons travelling
in the vehicle;
(iii)
other vehicles in accordance with
subregulation (2)(g).
(2) Subject to
subregulation (1)(a), (c) and (d), a vehicle bearing dealers plates may
be used for the purposes of —
(a)
trial after completion or repair;
(b)
delivery to or from a manufacturer, dealer or repairer or his agent;
(c)
being driven from the premises of a dealer to that of an intending purchaser
for the purpose of trial by him or his servant;
(d)
trial by an intending purchaser or his servant, for an unbroken period not
exceeding 24 hours;
(e)
delivery to a purchaser after sale;
(f)
being driven to a licensing or examination centre for the purpose of being
examined or licensed and on the return journey;
(g)
being driven to or from and, where the vehicles have the same owner, carrying
another vehicle or vehicles to or from an Agricultural Show, an Agricultural
Field Day or a Motor Show, for the purpose of exhibiting the vehicle or
vehicles;
(h)
being driven in such circumstances or for such purposes as the Director
General may, in any particular case, approve.
(3) The characters on
a dealers plate shall comprise a combination of letters and numerals approved
by the Director General, with the expression “W.A.” or
“Western Australia”, above, and the word, “Dealer”,
below that combination and shall be enamelled or painted on the plate in the
colour and on the background approved by the Director General.
(4) A dealers plate
shall be fitted to the motor vehicle, in the position in which a number plate
is required by these regulations, to be fitted.
(5) A member of the
Police Force may seize and take possession of dealers plates where he has
reasonable grounds to believe that the vehicle bearing those dealers plates
has been used —
(a)
contrary to the conditions set out in subregulation (1);
(b)
other than for the purposes set out in subregulation (2); or
(c)
contrary to regulation 26A(3).
[Regulation 26C inserted in Gazette
15 Feb 1980 p. 465-6; amended in Gazette 6 Feb 1981
p. 538; 2 Feb 1982 p. 402; 23 Sep 1983
p. 3815; 26 Oct 1984 p. 3457; 4 Sep 1987
p. 3493; 28 Sep 1990 p. 5072-3; 22 Dec 1995
p. 6196; 31 Jan 1997 p. 683-4; 1 Jul 1997
p. 3273; 1 Nov 2002 p. 5393.]