Div 3APeriodic payments

Division 3A—Periodic payments 24A—Registrar may accept periodic renewal payments (1) The Registrar may, by notice in the Gazette, determine a scheme (the periodic payment scheme) for periodic payment, by debit to a nominated ADI account, of— (a) registration renewal fees under this Act; and (b) other amounts payable on renewal of the registration of a motor vehicle under this or any other Act. (2) Without limiting the periodic payment scheme, the terms of the scheme must set out— (a) how a person can apply to participate in the scheme; and (b) how a person can cancel the person's participation in the scheme; and (c) when a person's participation in the scheme may be cancelled by the Registrar; and (d) the period prior to the expiry of the registration of the motor vehicle before which the debit must occur; and (e) details of the consequences of failing to comply with the scheme. (3) The Registrar may, by further notice in the Gazette, vary, substitute or revoke the periodic payment scheme. (4) The periodic payment scheme may be of general or limited application (and may, to avoid doubt, exclude specified classes of motor vehicles or registrations from its operation). (5) The provisions of this Act will, by force of this subsection, be taken to be modified to the extent necessary to give effect to the periodic payment scheme. Note— For example, the provisions of section 24 that provide for a minimum registration period of 1 quarter will be taken to be modified to allow a registration period of 1 month if the scheme provides for such a period. (6) If a person applies to participate in the periodic payment scheme in respect of a specified motor vehicle, the Registrar may— (a) accept the person's application to participate in the scheme in respect of the motor vehicle; and (b) renew the registration of the motor vehicle from time to time in accordance with the scheme until the person's participation in the scheme in respect of the motor vehicle is cancelled. (7) A person's participation in the periodic payment scheme in respect of a particular motor vehicle is cancelled if— (a) the person applies to have the person's participation in the scheme cancelled; or (b) the registration of the motor vehicle is cancelled under this Act; or (c) the registration of the motor vehicle is transferred to a different person under this Act; or (d) the person notifies the Registrar of the transfer of ownership of the motor vehicle in accordance with section 56; or (e) the Registrar cancels the person's participation in the scheme in accordance with the scheme. (8) A person who is a participant in the periodic payment scheme in respect of a particular motor vehicle must, in accordance with the scheme, notify the Registrar of any change in— (a) the person's personal particulars or circumstances that may affect an amount to be paid in respect of the registration of the motor vehicle; or (b) such other information or circumstances as may be specified under the scheme for the purposes of this subsection. (9) A person who refuses or fails to comply with subsection (8) is guilty of an offence. (10) An application under this section or for the purposes of the periodic payment scheme must be made in accordance with the scheme. (11) If registration renewal fees or other amounts payable on renewal of the registration of a motor vehicle fee are debited to an account in accordance with the periodic payment scheme, the Registrar may (but is not, in any circumstances, required to) refund the whole or part of the amount so debited (including, to avoid doubt, where the person's participation in the scheme has been cancelled after the amount has been so debited). (12) Without limiting any other provision of this Act, the Registrar may give any notice under this section, or under the periodic payment scheme, to a participant in the periodic payment scheme by email, text message or other electronic form of communication. (13) For the purposes of this section, a reference to an ADI account includes a reference to a credit card account.