Motor Vehicles Act 1949
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138 Regulations (1) The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and in particular prescribing matters providing for and in relation to: (a) the demerit points scheme set out in Part 3; (g) the form, construction and equipment of commercial passenger vehicles (within the meaning of the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act 1991); (o) the medical condition and physical and character fitness of an applicant for a driver's licence for a commercial passenger vehicle (within the meaning of the Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act 1991); (p) the qualifications of drivers of motor vehicles and riders of motor cycles; (s) the width and type of tyres of vehicles; (t) the provision of labels relating to the registration of motor vehicles and trailers and to the issue of traders' plates and the affixing and maintaining of those labels on motor vehicles and trailers; (u) the grant of international certificates for vehicles or international driving permits in accordance with any convention to which the Commonwealth is a party;
Motor Vehicles Act 1949 121 (v) visiting vehicles; (w) the exemption, subject to such conditions (if any) as are specified, from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act of: (i) vehicles or specified classes of vehicles which are owned by persons ordinarily resident outside the Territory and which are temporarily in the Territory; (ii) vehicles of any other specified class; (iii) persons in respect of a specified class or specified classes of vehicles (including vehicles or specified classes of vehicles which are owned by persons ordinarily resident outside the Territory and which are temporarily in the Territory); (iv) specified areas in the Territory; (y) the circumstances under which and the conditions (which may include the payment of a prescribed fee) subject to which the records kept and documents filed in the Motor Registry for the purposes of this Act may be inspected or the information contained in such records or documents may be made available, or certificates of the Registrar or a prescribed officer may be given; (ac) permitting persons in the employment of the Crown to drive any motor vehicle belonging to the Crown and providing that such persons shall be deemed to be licensed for the purposes of this Act; (ad) the registration and proof of ownership of vehicles belonging to the Crown; (ae) the imposition of maximum penalties of 15 penalty units in respect of an individual or 85 penalty units in respect of a corporation for breaches of the regulations; (af) the fees to be paid for and in relation to the registration, renewal of registration or transfer of registration of vehicles, the grant, renewal, transfer or replacement of licences, labels or identification plates, the issue, transfer or replacement of number plates and the inspection of vehicles; and