Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005
60Registrar to suspend vehicle registration
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60 Registrar to suspend vehicle registration
(1) The Director is to give the Registrar written notice of the Director's direction to suspend the registration of a vehicle registered to the enforcement debtor as the registered operator.
(2) On receipt of a notification under subsection (1) , the Registrar must suspend the registration of any vehicle registered to the enforcement debtor as the registered operator until notified by the Director that the suspension has been revoked.
(2A) [Section 60 Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 4 of 2011, s. 23, Applied:01 Jun 2011] On suspending the registration of a vehicle registered to an enforcement debtor under subsection (2) , the Registrar must give to the enforcement debtor written notice of –
(a) that suspension; and
(b) the day on which the suspension takes effect.
(2B) [Section 60 Subsection (2B) inserted by No. 4 of 2011, s. 23, Applied:01 Jun 2011] If the registration of a vehicle is suspended under this section, the registration may not be renewed, or a duplicate of the certificate of registration issued, while the suspension is in place.
(3) The suspension of registration under this section does not affect the powers that a court or the Registrar may exercise under another Act to suspend or cancel the registration.
(4) [Section 60 Subsection (4) omitted by No. 4 of 2011, s. 23, Applied:01 Jun 2011] . . . . . . . .
(5) If an enforcement debtor referred to in subsection (1) applies to register a different vehicle, the direction operates so as to prevent him or her from registering that vehicle.