107BTemporary permit where configuration of Territory or interstate

107B Temporary permit where configuration of Territory or interstate heavy vehicle altered (a) a vehicle of a kind to which the Road Transport Charges Laws apply or to which, if the vehicle were required to be registered in the Territory, those Laws would apply, has been registered under this Act or a corresponding Act of a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth relating to the registration of motor vehicles (a corresponding Act); (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 under this Act or the corresponding Act; (c) if the vehicle had been, at the time at which the vehicle was registered under this Act or the corresponding Act, registered in the altered configuration, a charge would have been payable under the Act under which the vehicle was registered greater than the amount already paid for its registration (including an amount paid in accordance with this section in respect of the vehicle) under that Act; and (d) in the case of a vehicle: (i) registered under this Act – it is intended to alter the configuration of the vehicle for a period of 3 months or less or other than for the balance of the registration of the vehicle; or (ii) registered under a corresponding Act – it is intended to alter the configuration of the vehicle for a period of 3 months or less, the owner of the vehicle, or a person authorised by the owner, may apply under this section to the Registrar for a temporary permit in relation to the vehicle. (2) Where: (a) an application is made to the Registrar in the approved form providing such particulars as the Registrar requires; and

Motor Vehicles Act 1949 100 (b) the relevant fee, determined in accordance with subsection (3), and the prescribed fee, if any, have been paid, the Registrar may issue a temporary permit in relation to the vehicle, permitting the vehicle to be driven, in the altered configuration specified in the permit, during the reconfiguration period, being a period less than 3 months, specified by the Registrar on the permit. (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 issue of the permit, is payable under this Act for 12 months registration of the vehicle in the configuration in which it has been registered under this Act or the corresponding Act; and (b) the amount that, at the time of the issue of the permit, is payable under this Act for 12 months registration of the vehicle in the altered configuration, taking into account any applicable reduction or concession under this Act.