Motor Accidents Act 1988
148Payment of short-fall levy at time of registration of motor vehicle
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148 Payment of short-fall levy at time of registration of motor vehicle
148 Payment of short-fall levy at time of registration of motor vehicle
(1) This section applies only if an order is made under section 150 and while the order is in force.
(2) A person who applies for the registration or the renewal of registration of a motor vehicle shall, at the time the application is made, pay to Transport for NSW the short-fall levy determined under this Part in respect of the motor vehicle.
(3) A person who applies for the issue of a trader’s plate shall, at the time the application is made, pay to Transport for NSW the short-fall levy determined under this Part in respect of motor vehicles to which the trader’s plate is fixed.
(4) The registration or the renewal of registration of a motor vehicle shall not be issued by Transport for NSW until the short-fall levy required to be paid under this section has been paid.
(5) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to:
(a) the payment of short-fall levies by instalments, including provision for the cancellation of registration for failure to pay instalments when they fall due, and
(b) the refund of short-fall levies.
(6) A person who applies for the registration or the renewal of registration of a motor vehicle that takes effect on or after 1 July 1998 and who:
(a) is the holder of a Senior’s Card (being a card of that name issued by the New South Wales Government), or
(b) is the recipient of, or the spouse of the recipient of, a family allowance from the Commonwealth under Part 2.17 of the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth, or
(c) uses the motor vehicle as a primary producer’s vehicle within the meaning of the Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1988,
is not liable to pay the short-fall levy determined under this Part.
(7) A person who applies for the registration or the renewal of registration of a motor vehicle that takes effect on or after 1 July 1999, being a motor vehicle that is used for private purposes within the meaning of the Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1988, is not liable to pay the short-fall levy determined under this Part.