28Registration of vehicles, generally

28. Registration of vehicles, generally

(1) The scheme of registration of vehicles under this Act is to be administered by the Director General, who is to maintain a separate financial record in relation to that scheme.

(2) The Director General shall maintain a register of the particulars of —

(a) the registrations of vehicles and renewals thereof effected under this Act; and

(b) transfers of registration effected under this Act.

[(3) deleted]

(4) Nothing in this Act shall require the Director General to register, renew or transfer the registration of, a vehicle which is so constructed or is in such a condition that in the opinion of the Director General it would occasion danger to any person or damage to property.

(5) The registration of a vehicle under this Act, or the renewal or transfer of any such registration, may be withheld until the vehicle has been examined by a person authorised by the Director General.

(6) Where it appears to the Director General that any vehicle registered under this Act is so constructed or in such condition that it is likely to occasion danger to any person or damage to property, the registration of that vehicle may be suspended by a notice in the prescribed form served personally or by post on the person in whose name the vehicle is registered.

(7) During the period of any suspension of the registration of a vehicle under this Act the vehicle shall for all purposes of this Act be deemed to be an unregistered vehicle.

(8) The suspension of the registration of a vehicle under this Act may be withdrawn by a notice in the prescribed form served personally or by post on the person in whose name the vehicle is registered.

[Section 28 amended: No. 106 of 1981 s. 34; No. 76 of 1996 s. 27; No. 39 of 2000 s. 51; No. 7 of 2002 s. 8.]