Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (LICENSING) REGULATIONS 1975 - REG 4

4 .         Inspection for licensing purposes

        (1)         Where an application for the grant, renewal or transfer of a vehicle licence is received and, under a notice given pursuant to section 29(1) of the Act, the grant, renewal or transfer, as the case may be, of that licence is prohibited unless and until the vehicle has been examined and a certificate of inspection has been issued, the Director General shall either — 

            (a)         examine the vehicle; or

            (b)         require the applicant to produce to the Director General a certificate of inspection issued by an authorised vehicle examiner not more than 3 months before the date of the application.

        (2)         Where an application for the grant or renewal of a vehicle licence is received and subregulation (1) does not apply, the Director General may, if the Director General thinks necessary — 

            (a)         examine the vehicle; or

            (b)         require the applicant to cause the vehicle to be examined by an authorised vehicle examiner,

                and shall not grant or renew the licence if the vehicle is not found to be such as may be licensed under regulation 9.

        [Regulation 4 inserted in Gazette 31 Dec 1980 p. 4427; amended in Gazette 2 Feb 1982 p. 401; 29 Jul 1994 p. 3859; 31 Jan 1997 p. 682 and 683; 28 Nov 2006 p. 4910-11.]