61Suspension of vehicle registration

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: Fines and Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001 32 (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.