9Registration of motor vehicles etc.

9 Registration of motor vehicles etc.

(1) Subject to this section, upon application made in accordance with the approved form by the owner of a motor vehicle or trailer, a Registration Authority shall register the motor vehicle or trailer in the name of the owner if: (a) the application is accompanied by the prescribed fee; (b) the owner tenders the following amounts in respect of the motor vehicle or trailer: (i) the whole of the charge in respect of the registration of the motor vehicle or trailer; (iia) the amount of any fee charged by the regulations in respect of a function performed by a Regulatory Authority in or in connection with the registration of the motor vehicle or trailer; (iii) the amount of any charge due and payable by the owner in respect of any previous registration of the motor vehicle or trailer; (c) the motor vehicle or trailer is not, under the regulations, exempt from inspection and the owner produces the motor vehicle or trailer for inspection by the Registration Authority or a person authorised in writing by the Registration Authority to act under this paragraph; (d) the motor vehicle or trailer complies with requirements prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 13(a) or section 37; (e) otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (d), the motor vehicle or trailer is not, and is not likely to be, dangerous or unsafe; and (f) the requirements of regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 13(c) relating to insurance have been met in respect of the motor vehicle or trailer. (2) A Registration Authority may refuse to register a motor vehicle or trailer if the owner of the motor vehicle or trailer has not complied with requirements prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 13(b). (2A) A Registration Authority must not register a motor vehicle or trailer if the registration would come into force on or after 1 July 2018.

Note: This subsection applies only to registrations granted on or after the day this subsection takes effect (see Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Interstate Road Transport Legislation (Repeal) Act 2018).

(2B) If the registration of a motor vehicle or trailer would come into force on or after 1 July 2018, the registration is valid until it is cancelled.

Note: This subsection applies only to registrations granted before this subsection takes effect (see Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Interstate Road Transport Legislation (Repeal) Act 2018).

(3) Subject to subsection (4), registration comes into force on the day on which it is granted and remains in force: (a) in a case to which paragraph (b) does not apply—for one year; or (b) in a case where: (i) the owner, in the application for registration, requests registration for a period of less than one year, being a period specified in the regulations; and (ii) the application is accompanied by the prescribed fee, being a fee additional to the fee referred to in paragraph (1)(a); for the period requested by the owner. (4) Where application is made for the re‑registration of a motor vehicle or trailer that is already registered, the re‑registration may be expressed to come into force immediately after the existing registration ceases to be in force.