Div 2Exemptions and permits

Division 2—Exemptions and permits 10—Exemption of vehicles with trade plates A motor vehicle may be driven on roads without registration if it bears trade plates issued under this Act and is driven in conformity with the provisions of this Act as to trade plates. 10A—Exemption of vehicles being loaded or unloaded from transporter (1) A motor vehicle may be driven without registration on roads if— (a) the vehicle is driven for the purpose of loading it onto, or unloading it from, a transporter; and (b) the vehicle is driven not more than 500 metres from the transporter. (2) When a motor vehicle is being driven on a road as authorised by subsection (1), the policy of insurance in force under Part 4 in relation to the transporter is to be taken to be in force and extend in its coverage in relation to the vehicle being driven and its owner and driver and any passenger in or on it. transporter means a motor vehicle (not including a towtruck but including a trailer attached to a motor vehicle) designed for the transportation of motor vehicles. 12—Exemption for certain trailers, agricultural implements and agricultural machines (1) An unregistered trailer, agricultural implement or prescribed agricultural machine may be towed on roads by a tractor or agricultural machine that is conditionally registered under section 25. (2) An unregistered agricultural implement or agricultural machine may be towed on roads by a registered motor vehicle. (2a) Subject to subsection (2b), a prescribed agricultural machine may be driven on roads without registration or insurance under Part 4. (2b) A prescribed agricultural machine must not be driven without registration or insurance under Part 4 on the carriageway of a road unless— (a) the prescribed agricultural machine is driven only— (i) to move the machine across the carriageway by the shortest possible route; or (ii) to move the machine from a point of unloading to a worksite by the shortest possible route; or (iii) to enable the machine to perform on the carriageway a special function that the machine is designed to perform; and (b) there is in force a policy of public liability insurance indemnifying the owner and any authorised driver of the prescribed agricultural machine in an amount of at least five million dollars in relation to death or bodily injury caused by, or arising out of, the use of the prescribed agricultural machine on a road. (2c) A person who drives a prescribed agricultural machine on a road without registration or insurance under Part 4 as authorised by this section must, if requested by a police officer to do so, produce evidence of the person's public liability insurance either— (b) within 48 hours after the making of the request, at a police station conveniently located for the driver, specified by the police officer at the time of making the request. (3) While a trailer, agricultural implement or agricultural machine is on a road and is being towed, or is on a road and is connected to a vehicle for towing, as authorised under this section, the policy of insurance in force under Part 4 in relation to the towing vehicle is to be taken to extend in coverage so that it is also in force and applies in relation to the trailer, agricultural implement or agricultural machine and its owner and driver and any passenger in or on it. prescribed agricultural machine means an agricultural machine that— (a) is designed mainly for use outside public road systems; and (b) when driven by its own automotive power, is capable of a speed not exceeding 7 kilometres per hour. 12A—Exemption of self-propelled wheelchairs from requirements of registration and insurance (1) A self-propelled wheelchair or any other motor vehicle (not being a motor car) of a prescribed class may be driven on roads without registration or insurance by a person who, because of some physical infirmity, reasonably requires the use of a wheelchair or such a motor vehicle. (2) A self-propelled wheelchair or other motor vehicle to which subsection (1) applies is to be taken to be subject to a policy of insurance in force under Part 4. 12B—Exemption of certain vehicles from requirements of registration and insurance (1) Subject to subsection (2), motor vehicles may be driven on roads without registration or insurance under Part 4 as follows: (a) a motor vehicle may be driven for the purpose of taking measures for extinguishing or controlling a fire that is causing or threatening to cause loss of life or injury or damage to persons, animals or property; (b) a motor vehicle may be driven on a wharf for the purpose of loading or unloading cargo; (c) a self-propelled lawn mower may be driven for the purpose of mowing lawn or grass or to or from a place at which it is to be, or has been, used for that purpose. (2) A motor vehicle must not be driven on roads without registration or insurance under Part 4 as authorised by subsection (1) unless there is in force a policy of public liability insurance indemnifying the owner and any authorised driver of the vehicle in an amount of at least five million dollars in relation to death or bodily injury caused by, or arising out of, the use of the vehicle on roads. (3) A person who drives a motor vehicle on a road without registration or insurance under Part 4 as authorised by this section must, if requested by a police officer to do so, produce evidence of the person's public liability insurance either— (b) within 48 hours after the making of the request, at a police station conveniently located for the driver, specified by the police officer at the time of making the request. 16—Permits to drive vehicles without registration (a) the Registrar is unable to determine an application for registration of a motor vehicle without delay; or (b) the Registrar determines that an application for registration of a motor vehicle should be granted but is unable to effect registration without delay; or (c) the owner of a motor vehicle— (i) applies for a permit after the Registrar declines an application for registration of the vehicle; or (ii) applies for a permit authorising the vehicle to be driven on roads without registration in prescribed circumstances or in circumstances in which it is, in the opinion of the Registrar, unreasonable or inexpedient to require the vehicle to be registered, and pays the prescribed fee and the appropriate insurance premium, the Registrar may issue to the owner of the vehicle a permit, subject to such terms and conditions as the Registrar thinks fit to impose, authorising the vehicle to be driven on roads without registration during the period specified in the permit. (2) If the owner of a motor vehicle not previously registered in the owner's name, or a person acting on the owner's behalf, satisfies a police officer stationed at a police station situated outside a radius of 40 kilometres from the former General Post Office at Adelaide that— (a) an application for the registration of the vehicle, to commence as from a day not later than the issue of a permit under this subsection, has been made; and (b) the prescribed fee payable in respect of the registration of the vehicle has been paid; and (c) the appropriate insurance premium has been paid; and (d) the stamp duty (if any) payable on the application has been paid, the police officer may issue without fee to the owner of the vehicle a permit authorising the vehicle to be driven on roads without registration during the prescribed period. (3) A permit under this section will be in a form determined by the Minister. (4) Where a permit has been issued under this section, the motor vehicle to which the permit relates will, while the permit remains in force, be taken to be duly registered under this Act. (5) A policy of insurance under Part 4 is, subject to this Act, in force in respect of a motor vehicle for which a permit has been issued under this section from the time of the granting of the permit until— (a) where an application for registration of the vehicle made before the issue of the permit is subsequently granted—the expiration of the period for which the registration was applied for, and a further period of grace in accordance with that Part; or (b) in any other case—the expiration of the period for which the permit remains in force. (6) Where an application for registration made before the issue of the permit is subsequently granted, the registration will be taken to have commenced from the time of issue of the permit. (7) A permit issued under this section will cease to have any force or effect— (a) in the case of a permit issued under subsection (1)— (i) when information becomes publicly available (in a manner prescribed by regulation) that the motor vehicle has been registered; or (ii) when the period specified in the permit expires, whichever occurs first; (b) in the case of a permit issued under subsection (2)— (i) when information becomes publicly available (in a manner prescribed by regulation) that the motor vehicle has been registered; or (ii) on the expiration of the prescribed period, whichever occurs first. (8) A permit under this section must, throughout the period for which it remains in force, be carried, in accordance with the regulations, in the vehicle to which it relates. (9) A person must not drive on a road a motor vehicle in respect of which a permit under this section is in force unless the permit is carried in the vehicle in accordance with the regulations. (10) If a condition of a permit under subsection (1) is contravened the Registrar may, by notice given to the holder of the permit in a manner and form determined by the Minister, revoke the permit. (11) A person who contravenes a condition of a permit under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence. (12) If the Registrar is satisfied that a permit under subsection (1) has been lost or destroyed, the Registrar may, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue a duplicate permit. (13) If a police officer stationed at a police station situated outside a radius of 40 kilometres from the former General Post Office at Adelaide is satisfied that a permit under subsection (2) has been lost or destroyed, the police officer may, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue a duplicate permit. (14) Where the Registrar or a police officer has, pending the determination of an application for registration of a motor vehicle, issued a permit under this section and the Registrar is subsequently unable to grant registration to the applicant, the Registrar may, by notice given to the applicant in a manner and form determined by the Minister, refuse the application for registration and refund such part of any fee and insurance premium paid as the Registrar thinks appropriate. (15) In this section— the prescribed period means a period determined by the Registrar after consulting the Commissioner of Police. 19A—Vehicles registered etc interstate or overseas (1) A motor vehicle may be driven in this State without registration under this Act if— (a) the garage address of the vehicle is outside this State and the vehicle is in this State for the purpose of temporary use; and (i) is registered in another State or Territory of the Commonwealth or in a foreign country; or (ii) is permitted to be driven on roads within another State or Territory of the Commonwealth by virtue of a permit or other authority granted and in force under the law of that other State or Territory; and (c) any current registration label, certificate, card, permit and plate or plates that are required to be affixed to the vehicle if it is to be driven in accordance with the law of that other State or Territory or foreign country are duly affixed to the vehicle in accordance with that law; and (d) any conditions or restrictions imposed on the use of the vehicle by virtue of the law of that other State or Territory or foreign country are complied with; and (e) there is in force in relation to the vehicle a policy of insurance— (i) — (A) in the case of a vehicle registered in a foreign country—that complies with Part 4 of this Act; or (B) in any other case—that complies with the law of the State or Territory in which it is registered or permitted to be driven as referred to in paragraph (b)(ii); and (ii) under which the owner and driver of the vehicle are insured against liability that might be incurred in respect of death of, or bodily injury to, any person caused by, or arising out of the use of, the vehicle in this State. (2) A motor vehicle may be driven in this State without registration under this Act until the end of the prescribed period if— (a) — (i) while the vehicle is in this State for temporary use as referred to in subsection (1), the garage address of the vehicle ceases to be outside this State; or (ii) the vehicle is brought into this State for use from a garage address in this State; and (b) the requirements of subsection (1)(b) to (e) (inclusive) are satisfied in relation to the vehicle. prescribed period means— (a) the period of 90 days from the date on which the garage address of the motor vehicle ceases to be outside this State or the vehicle is brought into this State for use from a garage address in this State; or (b) the period ending on the day on which the registration, permit or other authority by virtue of which the motor vehicle is permitted to be driven on roads in another State or Territory or in a foreign country expires, whichever is the lesser period.