Div 8Miscellaneous

Division 8—Miscellaneous 41—Registration details certificate The Registrar may— (a) on their own initiative; or (b) on application by the owner of a registered motor vehicle and payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the owner a certificate setting out the registered particulars of the motor vehicle and such other matters as the Registrar thinks fit. 42—Prescribed documents (1) For the purposes of sections 56, 57(2) and 58(1) of the Act, a registration details certificate issued to the transferor is a prescribed document. (2) For the purposes of sections 71A and 71B(1) of the Act, a registration details certificate is a prescribed document. 43—Carriage of permits issued under section 16 of Act A person driving a vehicle in respect of which a permit under section 16 of the Act has been issued must carry the permit at all times and must produce the permit immediately, either physically or electronically, if requested to do so by a police officer. 44—Offences (1) A person must not drive a motor vehicle on a road while— (a) a device is attached to the vehicle or a number plate or trade plate on the vehicle; or (b) a substance is painted on or otherwise added to or made part of a number plate or trade plate on the vehicle, the effect of which is to obscure or distort a letter or figure on a number plate or trade plate on the vehicle when the plate is viewed or photographed from any particular angle or from all angles in daylight or at night. Maximum penalty: $2 500. (2) In subregulation (1), a reference to a number plate extends to that portion of a motor vehicle on which the registered number is marked in accordance with regulation 32. (3) Subregulation (1)(a) does not apply in relation to a motor vehicle to which a bike rack is attached if a number plate that— (a) conforms to the specifications and design prescribed for a number plate of a class established under section 47A of the Act for the purposes of this subregulation; and (b) bears the number allotted to the vehicle under the Act, is attached to the bike rack and displayed such that— (c) the whole of the number plate is visible from the rear; and (d) the bottom edge of the number plate is not less than 30 centimetres above the level of the ground and in such a position that every letter and figure of the registered number is upright; and (e) every letter and figure on the number plate is— (i) legible from left to right on a plane level with the ground; and (ii) clean and legible at all times; and (iii) clearly visible in daylight to a person standing on the same plane as the vehicle at any point not less than 3 metres or more than 18 metres from the plate looking at the plate along an imaginary line approximately at right angles to the plate. (4) If a bike rack that displays a number plate is attached to a motor vehicle, a person must not drive the motor vehicle on a road while— (a) a device is attached to the bike rack or the number plate on the bike rack; or (b) a substance is painted on or otherwise added to or made part of the number plate on the bike rack, the effect of which is to obscure or distort a letter or figure on the plate when the plate is viewed or photographed from any particular angle or from all angles in daylight or at night. Maximum penalty: $2 500.