Part 6Registration plates

Part 6—Registration plates 149—Prescribed classes of vehicles For the purposes of the definition of prescribed vehicle in section 63(1) of the Act, the following are prescribed: (a) taxis; (b) small passenger vehicles; (c) buses other than those operating regular passenger services within Metropolitan Adelaide. 150—Defacing, lending and unauthorised use of registration plates (1) A person must not— (a) deface, alter, mutilate or damage a registration plate; or (b) lend a registration plate to another person. (2) If a registration plate becomes defaced or damaged so that the numbers, letters or symbols on the plate are not distinctly legible, the person to whom it was issued must deliver it to an authorised officer or the Minister. (3) A person must not, on a public street, road or place, drive a vehicle to which there is fitted a registration plate, or a plate the same as or closely resembling a registration plate, unless the plate or sign is fitted to the vehicle with the authority of the Minister. 151—Seizure of registration plates unlawfully held If a person has in their possession or custody a registration plate that the person is not entitled to hold, an authorised officer may seize and retain possession of it. 152—Surrender of registration plates If— (a) a vehicle ceases to be entitled to bear registration plates; or (b) the person to whom registration plates are issued— (i) ceases to hold an accreditation under Part 4 Division 1 of the Act; or (ii) in the case of plates issued for a metropolitan taxi—ceases to hold a taxi licence for the taxi, the person to whom the plates were issued must deliver the plates to the Minister or an authorised officer within 2 business days of the relevant event. 153—Loss or theft of registration plates (1) If a registration plate is lost or stolen, the person to whom it was issued must— (a) within 2 business days, give written notice of the loss or theft to the Minister; and (b) verify the loss or theft by statutory declaration if the Minister so requests. (2) If a registration plate the loss or theft of which has been reported in accordance with subregulation (1) is recovered by the person to whom it was issued, that person must— (a) immediately notify the Minister of the recovery; and (b) if another plate has been issued in substitution for the lost or stolen plate—deliver the recovered plate to the Minister.