111Certain numbers or plates not to be on vehicle

111 Certain numbers or plates not to be on vehicle (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the owner of a vehicle must not cause or permit to be on the vehicle: (a) any number, other than the vehicle's registered number or vehicle identification number, that is likely to be taken to be the registered number of the motor vehicle; or (b) any number plate, other than a number plate issued or approved by the Registrar for the purposes of this Act, that is likely to be taken to be the number plate of the vehicle. (2) A visiting vehicle may have affixed to it: (a) the number plate or plates allotted or authorised for it under the law of the State, Territory or country in which it is registered; or (b) the distinguishing mark required to be carried under any convention relating to motor traffic to which the Commonwealth is a party. (3) On the occasions and under the circumstances that are prescribed, or as the Minister directs, a number, other than the registered number, may be on a vehicle in such a position as not to obscure or be taken to be the registered number or vehicle identification number of the vehicle.