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Motor Vehicles Act 1949
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107A Change in configuration of heavy vehicle registered in
Territory
(a) a vehicle of a kind to which the Road Transport Charges Laws
apply has been registered;
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(b) the owner, or a person authorised by the owner, intends to
alter the configuration of the vehicle from that in which it is
registered;
(c) if the vehicle had been, at the time at which the vehicle was
registered, registered in the altered configuration, a charge
would have been payable under this Act greater than the
amount already paid for its registration (including an amount
paid in respect of the vehicle in accordance with this section);
and
(d) it is intended to alter the configuration of the vehicle for a
period of more than 3 months or for the balance of the
registration of the vehicle,
the owner of the vehicle, or a person authorised by the owner, may
apply under this section to the Registrar for an amendment to the
registration of the vehicle.
(2) Where:
(a) an application is made to the Registrar in the approved form
providing such particulars as the Registrar requires; and
(b) the relevant fee, determined in accordance with subsection (3)
and the prescribed fee, if any, have been paid,
the Registrar may amend the registration of the vehicle to permit
the vehicle to be driven in the altered configuration during the
reconfiguration period, being the balance of the registration of the
vehicle or a period, not less than 3 months, specified by the
Registrar on the altered certificate of registration or replacement
certificate, as the case may be.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the relevant fee in relation to a
vehicle is, for each week, or part of a week, commencing on the
first day of the reconfiguration period, 1/52 of the difference
(a) the amount that, at the time of the amendment, would be
payable for 12 months registration of the vehicle in the
configuration in which it has been registered; and
(b) the amount that, at the time of the amendment, would be
payable for 12 months registration of the vehicle in the altered
configuration.
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(4) Where the Registrar amends the registration of a vehicle under
subsection (2), the Registrar shall alter accordingly the certificate of
registration provided to the owner of the vehicle, or issue a
replacement certificate, altered accordingly, in its stead.