18Registration

18 Registration

18 Registration

(1) Except as provided by subsection (2), Transport for NSW shall register a motor vehicle the subject of an application made in accordance with section 17.

(2) Transport for NSW shall not register a motor vehicle unless Transport for NSW is satisfied that—

(a) the applicant for registration of the motor vehicle is not a child,

(b) the motor vehicle is an insured motor vehicle within the meaning of the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999, and

(c) the motor vehicle is in registrable condition.

(3) For the purpose of enabling Transport for NSW to ascertain whether or not a motor vehicle is in registrable condition, the applicant for registration of the motor vehicle shall—

(a) furnish to Transport for NSW such information (in addition to such information as is required by section 17 (2) to accompany the application for registration of the motor vehicle) as Transport for NSW may reasonably require in relation to the condition of the motor vehicle, and

(b) permit the motor vehicle to be inspected and tested by such person or persons as Transport for NSW may determine.

(4) Where Transport for NSW refuses to register a motor vehicle, Transport for NSW shall, as soon as practicable after so refusing, cause notice of the refusal, and of the grounds therefor, to be served on the applicant for registration of the motor vehicle.

s 18: Am 1986 No 16, Sch 23; 1987 No 102, Sch 1; 1988 No 103, Sch 1; 1988 No 114, Sch 4; 1999 No 41, Sch 4.11 [2]; 2011 No 41, Sch 5.42; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.82.