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Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001
61Suspension of vehicle registration
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61 Suspension of vehicle registration
(1) The Fines Recovery Unit may take enforcement action under this
section against the following:
(a) a fine defaulter that is:
(i) a body corporate; and
(ii) the registered owner or one of the registered owners of a
motor vehicle or vehicles;
(b) a fine defaulter who:
(i) does not hold a licence to drive or whose licence to drive
is already suspended (under this Act or another Act);
and
(ii) is the registered owner, or one of the registered owners,
of a motor vehicle or vehicles.
(2) The Fines Recovery Unit may, without further notice to the fine
defaulter, suspend the registration of all or any vehicles of which
the fine defaulter is the registered owner or one of the registered
owners until:
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(b) the Unit otherwise decides to lift the suspension.
(3) The Fines Recovery Unit must notify the following in writing about
(3A) Despite subsection (3), failure of a notification to reach the fine
defaulter does not affect the suspension under this section of the
registration of a vehicle.
(4) The effect of suspension of the registration of a motor vehicle in
accordance with this section is that the vehicle is to be taken to be
unregistered during the period of the suspension, but the
suspension has no effect in relation to compensation contributions
within the meaning of the Motor Vehicles Act 1949.
(5) The Registrar of Motor Vehicles cannot cancel the registration of a
vehicle while the registration of the vehicle is suspended under this
section, except with the approval of the Fines Recovery Unit.
(6) In this section:
registered owner includes a person nominated as an operator
under section 92A of the Motor Vehicles Act 1949.