107AChange in configuration of heavy vehicle registered in

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; Motor Vehicles Act 1949 98 (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. Motor Vehicles Act 1949 99 (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.