Recreation Vehicles Act 1983
22Surrender of registration plates
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22 Surrender of registration plates
22 Surrender of registration plates
(1) Within 3 days after the registration of a motor vehicle ceases to have effect, the person who was the registered owner of the motor vehicle immediately before the registration ceased to have effect shall surrender the registration plate or registration plates for the motor vehicle to Transport for NSW.
Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
(2) Where the registration of a motor vehicle has ceased to have effect, an authorised officer or any person authorised by Transport for NSW in that behalf may seize any registration plate relating to the motor vehicle.
s 22: Am 1988 No 114, Sch 4; 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2011 No 41, Sch 5.42; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.82.