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64 Details of registered operator
S. 64(1) amended by Nos 49/2019 s. 186(Sch. 4 item 3.1), 25/2025 s. 106(Sch. 1 item 3).
(1) A receiver of a motor vehicle may apply to the Secretary to the Department of Transport and Planning in accordance with subsection (2) for a certificate setting out the details of the registered operator of a motor vehicle.
(2) The application must—
(a) be accompanied by the fee prescribed (if any) under the **Road Safety Act 1986** for an extract from the register within the meaning of that Act; and
(b) be in the form of a statutory declaration; and
(c) include the following particulars—
(i) if the receiver is a natural person, the receiver's full name, address and date of birth;
(ii) if the receiver is a body corporate, the receiver's business name and address and ABN;
(iii) the vehicle's last registration number (if available) and vehicle identification number;
(iv) if the receiver intends to dispose of the vehicle under section 62, a copy of any notice given under that section;
(v) if the receiver has applied under section 68 for an order to dispose of the vehicle, a copy of the application;
(vi) a copy of any written search result obtained under section 63;
(vii) any other information prescribed by the regulations.
S. 64(3) amended by Nos 49/2019 s. 186(Sch. 4 item 3.2), 25/2025 s. 106(Sch. 1 item 3).
(3) On receipt of an application under subsection (1), the Secretary to the Department of Transport and Planning, if the Secretary is satisfied that the application is being made for the purposes of this Part, must give to the receiver a certificate setting out the details of the registered operator of the motor vehicle.
***registered operator*** has the same meaning as it has in the **Road Safety Act 1986**;
S. 64(4) def. of *Roads Corporation* repealed by No. 49/2019 s. 186(Sch. 4 item 3.3).
***vehicle identification number*** has the same meaning as it has in the **Road Safety Act 1986**.