28AApplying for registration etc. of vehicle

28A. Applying for registration etc. of vehicle

(1) An owner of a vehicle may apply for the registration, renewal of registration or transfer of registration of a vehicle under this Act by —

(a) submitting an application in a form approved by the Director General; and

(b) providing a statutory declaration made pursuant to section 106 of the Evidence Act 1906, in a form approved by the Director General as to the compliance of the vehicle with the prescribed safety and noise requirements; and

(c) paying any fee that would be required by section 29.

(2) Upon an application under subsection (1), the Director General must —

(a) register, renew the registration of, or transfer the registration of, a vehicle; and

(b) issue to the owner a certificate of that registration, and on payment of the prescribed fee a number plate displaying the symbols or numbers or the symbols and numbers allotted to the vehicle by the Director General,

if, in the case of an application by an individual the applicant has attained the age of 18 years.

(3) A vehicle cannot be registered in the name of more than one person at a particular time.

(4) Any one of 2 or more owners may apply for the issue or transfer of a registration and the application is to be signed by each of them.

(5) An application under subsection (4) is to be regarded as notice of the nomination of the applicant for the purposes of section 3(2).

(6) The Director General must refund any amount paid by a person in connection with an application under this section that is refused.

[Section 28A inserted: No. 39 of 2000 s. 52; amended: No. 8 of 2025 s. 15.]